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Color therapy offers a nonintrusive and engaging way to help clients gain a greater understanding of themselves and others.

Digital mental health has been touted as a solution to filling the mental health access gap, but do these platforms really provide access for all?

Stigma surrounding mental illness may linger as the elephant in the room and negatively affect client outcomes if counselors don’t recognize and address it in session.

Individuals who discover a partner’s infidelity and deception must undertake a challenging journey to find healing for the mind, heart and soul.

Given the complex variables at play in group settings, it is critical that counselors seek client feedback directly rather than relying on their own clinical judgments regarding treatment efficacy.

Three research studies suggest that counselors did not burn out at a higher-than-normal rate during the first year of COVID-19, but the experience of pandemic fatigue remains an ongoing challenge.

Turning toward the critical feedback that these social movements have for the mental health professions can aid counselors in repairing ruptures and strengthening the therapeutic work.

A three-step method can help counselor supervisors use their limited time more efficiently while building strong competency in supervisees.

Counselors must understand that relationship boundaries considered ‘healthy’ by the dominant culture in the U.S. don’t automatically apply to immigrant and bicultural clients.

It is imperative that all counselors, regardless of setting, are able to recognize and respond appropriately to behavioral addictions.