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Counseling Today
It's estimated that 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men in the U.S. will face sexual assault in their lifetime. Based on these statistics, counselors, at some point during professional practice, will all encounter a client who reports sexual assault.
To provide an adequate, timely and holistic response to sexual assault, it is essential that counselors learn about victim advocacy and incorporate some critical elements of this training into counseling work, when appropriate.
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ACA Publications
Inspiring client empowerment is at the heart of what counselors do. Given the current national and global political climates, social justice issues have never been more visible and counselors are increasingly finding themselves as systems change advocates because individual counseling is simply not enough to improve social conditions. Concerns discussed in the counseling setting are often the result of current societal issues. Counselors' unique purpose and specialized training makes them ideal for serving in social justice movements designed to promote equal access to opportunities, rights and freedoms.
The third edition of Counseling for Social Justice, edited by Dr. Courtland C. Lee, offers new and emerging strategies for incorporating social justice advocacy into work with clients and their communities in surprising tangible and practical ways. Thought leaders in this pioneering book present ideas for promoting social justice and challenging oppression and marginalization. Now is the time for you to make a difference. This book can provide you with the knowledge and training necessary for becoming an agent of social change, engaging in actions that improve systemic inequities.
ACA Member Blog
Humans have an innate desire to create and seek out anything that can make life quick, easy and/or comfortable. The question is, is this good or bad?
The reality is we all try to find easier, more convenient ways to mitigate physical, emotional, mental and relational expenses. However, in counseling, we often find ourselves in the midst of pain, or we experience it ourselves as we help our clients. We find ourselves asking, is it possible for something good to come from allowing our clients to experience this enduring pain?
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Counseling Today Online
Expressive therapies can help children find their voices, especially through play-based techniques using superhero avatars. When children imagine, they can visualize their heart's desire, thus welcoming it into their reality.
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The Penny Hoarder
Blogger, Melanie Lockert started her blog Dear Debt because she felt depressed about her student loans and needed a way to stay positive while she paid them off. But when people discovered her site after searching things like, "I want to kill myself because of debt," she was filled with a new purpose.
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Free Spirit Publishing Blog
School counselor Stephanie Filio shares how an environment of positivity in her school helped students take care of each other and hold each other accountable through positive peer pressure. She offers tips for creating an environment where positive peer pressure can thrive for students and adults.
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The Mom Edit
A round-up of tips, resources and children's books to help parents, educators and counselors talk with children who may have fears or anxieties about current events reported in the news.
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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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Time2Track is the most trusted way to track, verify, and manage clinical training hours and experiences online — no paper required. Join a webinar or sign up for a free no-risk trial to find out how students, professionals, and programs are saving time and paper with Time2Track.
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Huffington Post
Susan Burrowes writes, "My 15-year-old daughter Hannah threatened to cut off my thumbs, kill me in my sleep, and burn down the house with our family inside. Such was the power of her addiction, turning
her from moody to malicious in a few short months." When it became clear that Hannah needed intense intervention, Burrowes and her husband elected to send her to a residential treatment facility in the Utah wilderness.
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Radio IQ
The school shooting in Florida earlier this year caused a new round of discussions about gun safety, although Republicans in the General Assembly say they would rather talk about other ways to make schools safer.
One of those ways is to look at mental health in the classroom. Virginia schools need more mental health counselors. That is one of the conclusions of a select committee assembled in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, FL.
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Psychology Today
All parents worry about their children's well-being at any age, but the issues to worry about mount when children hit the teen years. I am often asked by parents who have one child about how to deal with the anxiety they feel. With one child the focus can be more intense, however a parent's anxiety, upset, or despair when something goes amiss is the same no matter how many children there are in the family.
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CNN
For the first time, compulsive sexual behavior — commonly called sex addiction — is classified as a mental health disorder on the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases list — a decision not without controversy.
Updated in June, the list (called the ICD-11) is the foundational document that clinicians and scientists around the world use to identify and study health problems, injuries and causes of death.
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FOX 17
A number of Middle Tennesseans are turning to float therapy to combat the summertime blues. The UCLA Depression Research & Clinic Program says "summertime sadness" is a very real thing people suffer from.
"It's a great way to disconnect," Nashville resident, Rachel Johnson said. For the past year, Johnson has been using sensory deprivation floating to help her deal with a number of life's challenges.
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Medical Xpress
Stories about the issues surrounding mental health care are seeing a greater prominence in the media as policy-makers, politicians and activists raise questions about the quality of care and treatment being delivered in the province and across the country.
At the same time, campaigns such as Bell Let's Talk — an initiative to promote mental health education, research and awareness — are attempting to normalize what it means to struggle with mental illness.
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EuerkAlert!
Rates of routine screening of U.S. adults for depression have increased slightly in recent years, but remain very low. Adults were screened in about three percent of office visits in 2015, up from a low of less than one percent in 2008, according to a study published online in Psychiatric Services. Routine screening for depression among all adults has been recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force since 2009.
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ABC News
Trauma in childhood echoes through generations, according to new research that could have implications for thousands of migrant children recently separated from parents at the U.S. border. The study, published in Pediatrics, finds that traumatic events in childhood increase the risk of mental health and behavioral problems not just for that person but also for their children.
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News-Medical
There are tens of thousands of commercially available mental health apps on the market, many hugely popular. But how do these apps portray mental health and how does this suggest mental health problems should be managed? New research aimed to identify how the advertising materials for popular mental health apps frame mental health and what the apps offer around diagnosis and management.
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