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Counseling Today
Being part of two different cultures and not truly feeling a sense of belonging in either is not an uncommon experience among individuals who are biracial or multiracial and those who are transracial adoptees.
CT Online
Do you work with children and families, or have little ones at home?
You'll want to bookmark this excellent list of ideas (from sensory bins and kid-friendly breathing techniques to singing activities or an indoor obstacle course) to promote the wellness of children and families during the coronavirus quarantine.
ACA Publications
Harmful power dynamics can occur when there are different positions of privilege and marginalization in counselor-client relationships, putting counselors at risk of being complicit in systems of oppression related to intersectional privilege (e.g., race, class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, nationality, ability and age). Because privilege is often an invisible construct for those who hold privileged positions, it is prudent that counselor educators effectively prepare and hold counselors-in-training (CITs) accountable for addressing issues of privilege and oppression within themselves. In the June issue of Counselor Education and Supervision (CEAS), Danielle A. Pester, A. Stephen Lenz and Joshua C. Watson present the Intersectional Privilege Screening Inventory (IPSI), which is designed to measure CIT insight and development regarding privilege. Results support the IPSIs use in measuring, documenting and monitoring student development and growth throughout the training process.
Note. Full-text content from CEAS is free to ACES/ACA members by logging into the ACA website and available for purchase to nonmembers through the Wiley Online Library.
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After discussion and discernment, the ACA Governing Council has issued a statement affirming the association's opposition to the systems that continue to create racial bias and oppression. The ACA leadership is listening to a cross section of members and volunteers in order to develop an action plan that will give life to this statement.
Please join us in welcoming Sue E. Pressman, who began her term as ACA President on July 1, after serving as ACA President-Elect from July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020. Dr. Pressman has been nationally recognized as one of the country's leading career management and transition experts. A career counselor and business owner, Dr. Pressman brings a practitioner's perspective and a collaborative spirit to her term as ACA's 69th president.
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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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July is Minority Mental Health Month, more recently known as #BIPOCMentalHealthMonth. BIPOC are often faced with years — even generations — of trauma, which translates to socioeconomic disparities and, in turn, is linked to mental health concerns today. Throughout the month, ACA is dedicated to bringing awareness towards the issues BIPOC still faces in getting the mental health care they need.
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Psychology Today
Long a taboo subject and one attended by a great deal of cultural shame, adult child-parent estrangement is finally getting the attention of researchers in the U.S. and abroad. Richard Conti, in a 2015 study comprised of a sample of college and graduate schools, determined that 43.5% had been estranged at some point and that 26.6% reported extended estrangement.
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As behavioral health transforms, providers must find ways to treat complex substance use disorders; emphasizing outcomes and cost-effectiveness. The development of intensive outpatient treatment (IOT) is one response to this challenge. The level of effectiveness for IOT is highly rated. This session will describe the IOT-level of care. Presented by: Paul Nagy, MS, LPC, LCAS, CCS, Assistant Professor, Duke University
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PsychCentral
Scapegoating often exists in a workplace environment with an unhealthy culture. The culture is usually established by leadership, and if leadership doesn't put an end to scapegoating, then they are most likely allowing it and even encouraging it. Most of these types of work environments are led by people who promote this type of dysfunction.
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Springfield College counseling programs will prepare you to advance in your career by helping to further develop your counseling skills and knowledge. Students who best fit our programs are those who possess a passion for learning, an ability to relate to others effectively and a desire to make a difference.
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Military.com
Former Marine and Iraq War veteran Rep. Seth Moulton introduced a bill in Congress recently that would make it easier for service members to seek mental health care outside their chain of command.
The Brandon Act, named for Navy Aircrew Aviation Electrician's Mate Striker Brandon Caserta, who died by suicide two years ago in Norfolk, Virginia, would give service members a safe word that would trigger an immediate automatic referral to a mental health specialist for evaluation.
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Healio
More pregnant women and new mothers are experiencing anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to survey results published in Frontiers in Global Women's Health.
Researchers surveyed 520 pregnant women and 380 women who had given birth in the last year.
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CNBC
Critical care nurse Kelsey Ryan wakes up choking at night, reliving the trauma of treating — and losing — patients to COVID-19 during the height of Michigan's pandemic in the early spring.
In her dreams, she's laying in a hospital bed, unable to breathe as her colleagues at Beaumont Health in metro Detroit force a ventilator tube down her throat.
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Innovations in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy combines the latest, cutting-edge ACT research with a wealth of “in-the-trenches” experience from leading clinicians in the field. In this volume, you’ll find an overview of innovations spanning the last decade and how to translate these innovations into everyday interventions.
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The CT Mirror
The coronavirus pandemic has spawned an epidemic of mental health issues, witnesses recently told congressional lawmakers who are considering a wide range of mental health reforms.
Mental health experts testifying before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee said the social isolation, job loss and even the coronavirus' attacks on the human brain has led to a surge of suicides, depression, anxiety and other mental health ills. Lawmakers on the committee are considering nearly two dozen bills — many of them bipartisan — that aim to address gaps in the nation's mental health system.
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USA Today
Kelly Clarkson is opening up about her mental health.
During a conversation with Demi Lovato, "The Voice" coach praised Lovato for her openness about mental health and got candid about her own battle with depression.
"I love how open you are about mental health, because I have similar issues," Clarkson said in a clip from "The Kelly Clarkson Show." "I've suffered from depression."
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CNN
Cyberbullying is linked to a variety of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, not only in victims, but cyberbullies as well, according to a new study of over 2,000 U.K. teens. Over a quarter of cyberbullies suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, the study, published recently in the Archives of Disease in Childhood Journal, found.
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Harvard Business Review
As many states are giving the green light to reopen, employers are developing plans to bring employees back to work safely, giving careful thought to schedules, seating configurations, visitor policies, elevator usage, food delivery and much more. While workforce reentry certainly includes logistical and operational planning, it is not just physical well-being that employers must take into account. Equally important is how organizations will respond to employees' emotional and psychological health — a topic that, regrettably, is discussed far less frequently.
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STAT
When Carolyn Black Becker, a psychologist who studies eating disorders, used to explain her research to colleagues, she would get blank stares. The field, after all, was disproportionately focused on young girls and women who were underweight, white and from middle-class families. In that light, her decision to study eating disorders in people who were facing food insecurity — that is, people without reliable access to sufficient food — seemed unusual, even bizarre to some. However, she also thought she was onto something, and when she finalized the results of her first major study on the issue, conducted among clients of a food bank in San Antonio, the data were striking.
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Our Doctor of Nursing Practice graduates hold elected positions in state government, receive Fulbright Scholarships, serve on state and national boards, lead hospital systems, and run their own practices. MORE
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The U.S. is home to more than 21 million military veterans, many of whom have difficulty reintegrating into civilian life. A staggering 20% of them suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, one of the most common trauma-induced mental illnesses. Moreover, it is estimated that 20 veterans die of suicide each day, resulting in about 6,000 deaths by suicide each year.
Research published in the journal Anthrozoös may provide hope — and help. A recent study indicated that walking with a shelter dog may affect psychological and physiological stress indicators in veterans — with particular potential benefits for veterans with an increase in PTSD symptom severity.
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PsychCentral
For the most part, I think teachers who take recess away as a form of behavior modification are doing it with good intentions. Sometimes they do it because they've experienced success with it before, sometimes they've learned it from someone else, and sometimes they're simply exasperated and can't think of a better option. But here's the thing. Kids who have behavior disorders NEED physical activity in order to regulate their bodies.
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Psychology Today
Imagine if your brain was blind, insofar that your brain is blind to the judgements and lines of reasoning that make logical and factual sense, and the thoughts that don't. Scary, right? What's more important than being able to accurately discern what is fact from fiction and what is biased from unbiased? Well, in case you didn't know, there is a name for this, the Dunning-Kruger effect.
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