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Focusing on a challenging activity may have mental health benefits, especially for clients experiencing anxiety, depression or trauma.

With the right clinical framework, counselors can help clients identify and process the complex experiences of intergenerational trauma.

Exploring the potential positive and protective aspects of anger can help clients accept their feelings and learn to regain control in safe, healthy ways.

Stigma and misunderstanding about clients with severe mental illnesses can prevent some counselors from taking the necessary steps to build a strong therapeutic relationship.

Grief is an experience that everyone navigates at different points in their lives. For the past three years, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted peoples’ lives in myriad ways and left many experiencing significant grief.

The rise of telebehavioral health led one therapist to rediscover the value of in-person therapy and multisensory experiences.

Psychological abuse is a complex and prevalent issue that can go unnoticed unless clinicians learn to recognize the signs and use appropriate interventions to support clients.

In my final year of graduate school, I interned at a nonprofit agency where I was fortunate to have a great supervisor and experienced colleagues. They asked me whether I would feel comfortable working with Steve (pseudonym) ...

Because alexithymia can be a risk factor for a range of mental health problems, counselors need to know how to identify and treat the symptoms of this condition.

As technology continues to shape the world we live in, counselors must not only adapt to but also prepare for the change.