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Launched in 2015, Virtual Sandtray®© is a projective, creative, fun, therapeutic tool for use in COVID tele-sessions and beyond. Designed for iPads and iPhones, the Virtual Sandtray integrates the fundamental tenets of traditional sandtray therapy with the language of digital natives and includes encryptions and security necessary in 2020.
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Current Approaches to Couples and Family Therapy
ACA Publications
The general upward trend in divorce rates around the world speaks to the complexity and challenges of maintaining an intimate bond in a committed relationship. The stresses of modern life can lead to communication breakdown and crisis between partners and their family members, eventually causing them to seek therapy. Engaging and conversational, Theory and Practice of Couples and Family Counseling by Dr. James Robert Bitter provides a deep understanding of 13 widely used theories with real-life examples for the integration of each approach into clinical practice with diverse families. A single, bicultural couple/family system case for comparison across models is presented for further illustration of how each theory can be applied to improve relationships and foster wellness within the family unit.
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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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.INDUSTRY HEADLINES
Wellness and Mental Health in 2020 Online Learning
Inside Higher Ed
As higher education adapts to teaching and learning at a distance, the workload and the learning load of adopting a new delivery mode is taking a huge toll on the lives of those in higher education. This is an immense problem that is growing rapidly. While there are some students who are thriving through online learning, the toll of the virus, isolation, increased workloads and other associated effects are rising among many students, staff, and faculty members.
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Is Your Child Struggling With Distance Learning? Here's How School Counselors Can Help
The Tribune
The onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic brought a new challenge for school mental health and academic success counselors as San Luis Obispo County districts transitioned to distance learning.
School counselors saw firsthand how many students found the switch to online classes traumatic and emotionally draining as school — some kids' only safe space — was taken away from them.
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Even When the Smoke Clears, Schools Find Student Trauma Can Linger
EdSource
For some students, the fire is only the beginning. The nightmares, the grief, and an all-consuming dread can persist for months or even years.
That's what teachers and school employees have observed among students in California's fire-ravaged areas, especially Sonoma and Butte counties, where deadly wildfires have struck repeatedly in recent years.
Now, those school districts are sharing their observations and advice with schools around the West that are adapting to a new reality: regular catastrophic wildfires.
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Disaster Responders Experience High PTSD Burden, Need Mental Health Support, Study Finds
Healio
Specific interventions may mitigate PTSD symptoms among mass disaster first responders, according to results of a prospective cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.
"A meta-analysis of studies on first responders estimated the incidence of full-blown PTSD among them at approximately 10%," Masanori Nagamine, M.D., Ph.D., of the division of behavioral science at the National Defense Medical College Research Institute in Japan, and colleagues wrote.
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Health on Wheels: Tricked-Out RVs Deliver Addiction Treatment to Rural Colorado
NPR
Tonja Jimenez is far from the only person driving an RV down Colorado's rural highways. However, unlike the other rigs, her 34-foot-long motor home is equipped as an addiction treatment clinic on wheels, bringing lifesaving treatment to the northeastern corner of the state, where patients with substance use disorders are often left to fend for themselves.
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Grieving the End of an Unhappy Marriage or Toxic Friendship
Psychology Today
Sometimes, the people closest to us cause the most pain and lose the right to be part of our lives. In these cases, ending a relationship, be it an unhappy marriage, a one-sided friendship or toxic family relationship, is the healthiest choice. However, the decision to end a relationship and the process of extricating ourselves can bring up all kinds of difficult feelings.
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Aaron Rodgers Responds to Dak Prescott's Mental Health Comments
The Spun
Ahead of the NFL season, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott opened up about his struggles with mental health earlier during lockdown, around the time that his brother tragically took his own life. While he faced some pretty despicable criticism from FS1's Skip Bayless, most have been extremely supportive of Prescott, including Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
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Childhood Intrafamilial Aggression, Peer Bullying Linked to Adult Depression
Psychiatry Advisor
Childhood peer bullying has been shown to be a mediator of the association between childhood intrafamilial aggression (i.e., parental physical maltreatment and sibling aggression) and depression in adulthood. A population-based, cross-sectional study on the topic was conducted that used data from the 2015 wave of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study combined with the CHARLS life history survey. Results of the analysis were published in the journal JAMA Open Network.
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5 Ways Tech Can Help With Depression and Anxiety
Health Tech Zone
Most of the healthcare technology around today is related to treating physical conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure. Still, technology can also be used to diagnose and treat various mental health disorders such as depression.
This article explores the various technologies being used today to treat depression and other mental health issues.
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Look After Yourself for Life
Psychology Today
The human race is having a hard time at the moment, but there are behaviors we can adopt that help to support us in times of stress and, indeed, lay the foundation for a more long-term, self-supported way of living.
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This course meets the Ethics CE requirements for license and certification renewal
It will cover the basics of Ethical Decision Making
and ethical questions related to specific areas, such as
conversion therapy. Students will learn how
therapists and psychologists come to violate
the laws regarding sexual relationships with
patients and be able to clearly differentiate
between the therapist-patient relationship
and the forensic arena and understand the
boundaries of each.
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The mission of The New Circle magazine is to form a circle of practitioners in the various helping professions for the purpose of sharing and cross-pollination of practical knowledge about working with at-risk children and teens.It's free. Just go to: newcirclemagazine.com
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The Growing Movement to Send Counselors — Not Cops — to Mental Health Crises
The Trace
People with severe mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed during a police encounter, the Treatment Advocacy Center has found. A quarter of people fatally shot by police in 2015 suffered from mental illness, according to a 2018 analysis of The Washington Post's database of police shootings. The American mental health system often fails to provide treatment until someone becomes dangerous, and that means that cops are often functioning as frontline mental health workers, a role for which they are frequently ill-suited.
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Apply your clinical expertise online - part-time or full-time, on your own time. No need to worry about billing, insurance, or panels, so you can truly focus on providing therapy. With a flexible supply of referrals and our all-in-one platform, BetterHelp is the easiest way to provide therapy online.
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When Cancer Isn't the Only Deadly Risk: Battling Depression Post-Treatment
CNN
I discovered I had breast cancer last year after a routine mammogram. I was 50 years old.
It took about a month of biopsies, more mammograms, MRIs, ultrasounds and genetic testing in my suburban Chicago hospital before I was diagnosed with stage I breast cancer. I then had a unilateral mastectomy, followed months later by reconstructive surgery.
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Machine Learning Can Streamline PTSD Diagnosis in Veterans
HealthITAnalytics
Using machine learning, researchers were able to cut 6 of the 20 questions used to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder while still maintaining accuracy in a veteran population, according to a study published in Assessment.
PTSD impacts 8 million adults in the U.S., the researchers stated, including hundreds of thousands of veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, PTSD symptoms are also increasing among the general population, the team noted.
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Whether you're a psychologist, a clinical social worker or a mental health counselor, chances are you already have plenty on your mind. TherapyCharts® award winning treatment planning electronic health record (EHR) system with Wiley Practice Planners provides a pleasant and affordable way to manage your patient records, keep up with best practices and stay on top of insurance claim requirements.
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Affordable, time saving, easy-to-use software for composing your clinical notes. With over 350 descriptive statements and plenty of room for customization, Note Designer organizes your selections to produce a coherent and well-written narrative. Note Designer virtually writes your notes for you.
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Teen Social Networks Linked to Adult Depression
Medical Xpress
Teens who have a larger number of friends may be less likely to suffer from depression later in life, especially women, a new MSU research study has found.
For female adolescents, popularity can lead to increased depression during the teen years but can provide lasting benefits of fewer depressive symptoms later in life.
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The Mental Health Challenges for Workers During COVID
Forbes
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a tremendous mental strain on people around the world. In the U.S. alone, unemployment had reached nearly 15% by mid-April, with some 41 million workers filing for unemployment.
Research from the University of Connecticut highlights how this perilous situation not only affects those out of work, but also those in employment. A combination of job insecurity and the associated financial concerns produce a growing prevalence of depression and anxiety.
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The counseling community has the opportunity to play a vital role in improving race relations throughout our country, and ensuring that your profession has a seat at the table to bring about the change needed to support you, your clients, and the community you live in. On Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 2 p.m. EST, ACA will host a 