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Counseling Today
What is lacking for many couples is the ability to debate, relate and communicate without blame, shame and anger. In couples therapy, a creative and cathartic drawing exercise can give clients insight into the ways they miscommunicate and help move them past the blame game and toward a stronger relationship.
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CT Online
Therapy is what counselor practitioners do — but it means something different to each professional. It's a place for the client to heal, grow, be vulnerable, set goals, get to know themselves and many, many more things. Add your thoughts to this interactive piece from CT Online.
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ACA Publications
Approximately 123 people die by suicide each day in the United States and the suicide rate has risen over the last 10 years across age, gender and racial groups. These elevated statistics intensify the need for counselor competence in addressing client suicide risk. An article in the July issue of the Journal of Counseling & Development (JCD) presents SHORES, a suicide protective factors mnemonic with applications for risk assessment and crisis intervention, as well as preventative care, strengths-based management and counselor training. Counselors who focus only on suicide risk factors may be perpetuating a client's crisis cycle by not helping to fortify sustainable resilience, whereas counselors who use strengths-based approaches can address the risk of suicide proactively and preventatively. A case example illustrates the wide-ranging application of SHORES in counseling practice. READ MORE
Note. Full-text content from JCD is free to ACA members by logging into the ACA website, and is available on a pay-per-view basis for nonmembers.
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ACA Member Blog
So many areas of our lives incorporate human sexuality, yet so few venues offer the opportunity to highlight the full spectrum of human sexuality. We are conditioned to believe that human sexuality involves a man and a woman in a bed, having sexual intercourse until someone orgasms (typically the man). Rinse and repeat. Laws have been enacted with this background, families have been defined, rights have been stripped and lives have been taken. Like so many others, I believe that this fallacy of human sexuality needs to be challenged.
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Rewire
Here's the thing. Changes to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 2008 expanded the definition of disability. This means that mental disorders like depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety and schizophrenia are protected. So, if you've got a diagnosed mental disorder like about 44 million American adults, almost one in five people, you can't be fired for asking for accommodations, such as the occasional mental health day.
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Rolling Stone
Lady Gaga recently announced that her Born This Way Foundation and the National Council for Behavioral Health will expand the peer-to-peer mental health program, teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA), to 20 additional high schools across the U.S. starting in the fall.
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Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo!
Good news for U.S. classrooms: School counselors aren't being spread so thin. And while their numbers still fall well short of ideal, the gap is narrowing. A recent analysis shows that school counselors are responsible for 455 students on average — the lowest in three decades, but nearly double the recommended ratio of 250-to-1.
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Foundations provides an efficient admissions process and works to meet the patient where they are to get them the help they need. To help with referrals, we provide in-network contracts, an easy assessment and placement process and the ability to place patients that have no resources or transportation. Learn more about our treatment methods, evidence-based outcomes and credentials.
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Harvard Business Review
It's normal to experience emotions at work: Frustration, anger, fear, excitement. But how leaders handle these feelings can go a long way toward building — or destroying — a strong workplace climate and motivating — or discouraging — employees. It's essential that leaders develop the ability to regulate their emotions, but perhaps not in the way you might think.
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Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Called the Hollywood Reporter's "Next Big Thing" and named one of the "Top 35 Latinos Under 35," Gina Rodriguez has been making headlines since she landed the title role in the CW's Jane the Virgin. Rodriguez has been very open in the past about dealing with her own mental health struggles, and recently got very candid in a sit-down at The Kennedy Forum with Today Show's Kate Snow.
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USA Today
When you spend the majority of your adult life working, retirement may seem like it can't come soon enough. Essentially a decades-long vacation, retirement gives you plenty of opportunities to accomplish those bucket-list items you've been putting off for years.
And while it is an exciting time, it's also a drastic change. When you're used to having a job that consumes most of your waking hours, it can be tough to transition into a life of leisure. In some cases, retirement can even lead to a somewhat surprising problem: Depression.
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Forbes
On the heels of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, June commemorating LGBTQ+ Pride Month is a reminder that workplace mental health policies must be cognizant of how different groups are affected by mental health issues. The workplace can be challenging for anyone struggling with their mental health, but research shows it can be an especially unwelcoming place for the LGBTQ+ community.
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Psychology Today
Cooking at home is a great way to take control of both your diet and your wallet. If you're trying to cook more frequently these days, you’re not alone. In a survey by Peapod, 43% of Americans said they plan to cook more often in 2019. Meanwhile, meal kit subscriptions and grocery home delivery services continue to flourish.
Yet good intentions to cook healthy meals at home don't always translate into actions. One big hurdle for some people is getting past the belief that they "can't cook."
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The Association for Advanced Training in Behavioral Sciences (AATBS) has been the leader in licensing exam preparation since 1976. We offer comprehensive NCE and NCMHCE exam study materials including online mock exams and questions, one-on-one coaching and study aids. Explore everything AATBS has to offer today!
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Timberline Knolls is a residential treatment center located on 43 beautiful acres just outside Chicago, offering a nurturing environment of recovery for women and girls ages 12 and older struggling to overcome eating disorders, substance use, mood disorders, trauma and co-occurring disorders. An adult partial hospitalization program is also available.
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Deseret News
If you've been in couples therapy for nearly two decades, does that mean you have a great therapist, or an ineffective one?
That's a question raised by the recent revelation of pop singer Pink, who credits 17 years of couples therapy for keeping her marriage intact. "It's the only reason we're still together," she said in an interview with Today show co-host Carson Daly.
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Psych Central
We teach people how to treat us and we do that with boundaries. When we set boundaries, we communicate what works for us and what doesn't. We communicate what is OK and what isn't. We communicate what we want and what we don't.
Boundaries protect us. They shield our hearts, and they raise our voices.
Which is all well and good, but if you’re new-ish to boundary setting, you might not know where to start. You might be wondering, What boundaries do I set? What limits are actually necessary? What makes a good boundary?
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CBC News
Sexting by youth between the ages of 12 and 17 is linked with risks such as multiple sexual partners, anxiety, depression and substance use, an analysis of 23 studies by the University of Calgary has found.
The research involving nearly 42,000 participants suggests sex education needs to be part of the school curricula when it comes to students sexting explicit photos and videos of themselves, often not realizing the material could be forwarded without their consent.
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Physician's Weekly
While many people can pick up on signs of postpartum depression in new mothers, the same signs are often mistaken for something else or missed entirely in fathers, a British study suggests.
There needs to be greater awareness that the mental health disorder can occur in either parent for up to a year after the birth of a child, researchers say.
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New York Times
Last winter, several dozen people who were struggling with suicidal urges and bouts of intense emotion opened their lives to a company called Mindstrong, in what has become a closely watched experiment in Silicon Valley.
Mindstrong, a venture co-founded by a former director of the National Institute of Mental Health, promised something that no drug or talk therapy can provide: An early-warning system that would flag the user when an emotional crisis seemed imminent — a personal, digital "fire alarm."
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VOA News
Tests, after-school activities and problems at home can increase stress for students. But research now suggests that smartphones and social media are some of the main reasons for the rising anxiety levels.
Jean Twenge is a psychology professor at San Diego State University in California. Twenge said it is not a coincidence that youth mental health issues have risen with the number of phones. "What a lot of teens told me is that social media and their phones feel mandatory," she said. This use of phones has led to a loss of sleep and face-to-face interactions necessary for their mental well-being.
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Yahoo!
It's hard to cut toxic people from your life, even if the person is a gaslighter or other abuser. There's always the temptation to give the person one more chance, believe their protestations of love or change, or to feel it is up to you to change the situation or the other person.
But sometimes, it's necessary to end the relationship. A toxic person is like a psychic vampire who sucks all the confidence and energy and spirit from your life. They exhaust you emotionally and add nothing to your life but annoyance, pain and trouble.
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Technology Networks
People living in countries that have experienced armed conflict are five times more likely to develop anxiety or depression, a University of Queensland research collaboration has found.
UQ School of Public Health researcher Dr. Fiona J. Charlson said the study, conducted with the World Health Organization (WHO) and University of Washington, highlighted the serious effects of war on mental health.
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Medical Xpress
Weddings, graduations, anniversaries and births are happy occasions, but if you find yourself welling up with unexplained tears, don't feel bad about it. It's normal to feel blue in the midst of family celebrations, says psychologist and University of Alberta counsellor Michaela Kadambi.
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Your Tango
When you've experienced childhood trauma like abuse or neglect, it can lead to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as an adult.
Why does trauma in your childhood affect your adulthood?
The answer is simple: It lies in how the brain and nervous system encode memory. But like many types of trauma, itself, the simple answer is a bit... complicated.
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