I cannot even count the number of clients who have come in complaining of the winter blues! We here in NE Ohio have received very little snow; however our rainy days are more than I’ve ever seen in the rainy month of April. Rain, even thunderstorms, and lots of gray days. My clients report feeling [...]

Counselors have run cash practices since the beginning of psychoanalysis. Today, however, a wave of change is occurring wherein clients are, more than ever, demanding that their counselors accept health insurance. There are many reasons for this, but consider these three points: 1) In tough economic times, clients have less discretionary cash. 2) Mental health [...]

When I was a young first year graduate student in Counseling and Guidance a professor asked, “What area of counseling are you interested in?” The only answer I had at the time was mental health, substance abuse and corrections. You see, I had a personal experience that had haunted me for most of my late [...]

My name is Minnie Almader. My Masters of Education in Counseling and Guidance is from the University of Arizona. I also graduated from Northern Arizona University with a Doctorate in Education. One year ago, I took a leap of faith and accepted a Counselor/Faculty position in Morocco. I work at Al Akhawayn University, in Ifrane, [...]

For part of 2010 and much of 2011 I worked as an archaeologist, of sorts, sifting ancient relics of the past – my family’s past – in my childhood home. No, I wasn’t a professional archaeologist, but I imagine some of the feelings of discovery were the same. And OK, maybe the “relics” weren’t exactly [...]

I’ve been counseling deaf and hard of hearing individuals for more than 10 years. The majority of that counseling was done in a state rehabilitation agency and the rest as an individual counselor in private practice. I’ve heard my fair share of horror stories of what deaf clients sometimes face when seeking counseling – some [...]

A few months have passed since the first Ethics Revision Task Force (ERTF) blog, so we felt it was time to provide an update. We appreciated all of the feedback from members and divisions regarding the revision and what, as a profession, needed to be addressed. Before going into those suggestions, here is some insight [...]

It generally takes a couple of years for a drug or alcohol user to get to the point where they need drug treatment. People generally don’t just start out using heroin and then enter drug treatment the next week. They don’t have their first beer and then start drinking a couple of bottles of vodka [...]