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Friction between parents and teenage children is an inevitable part of adolescent development, but often the parents need as much — if not more — work in counseling as the teen to build the skills needed to navigate conflict.

Rules are often a point of contention for parents and teenagers, but counselors have the skills to help both parents and teens put the situation into context and find common ground.

The stigma attached to borderline personality disorder can make both clients and counselors resistant to treatment, but by working together, they can sort through these misconceptions and help clients rediscover themselves.

Find answers to common questions counselors have about the new edition of the DSM.

Viewing anger as a messenger rather than an adversary can help clients decouple it from shame, unpack its origins, explore related feelings and gain self-awareness.

Counseling can help people who have sexually abused children learn to address their distorted thinking and take responsibility for their actions, but clinicians have to be careful not to burnout in the process.

As veteran suicide rates continue to rise, counselors can incorporate creative clinical approaches to better serve those who serve us.

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

Solution-focused brief therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy are effective — yet underutilized — clinical approaches counselors can use to help clients with depressive symptoms.

The childhood sexual abuse of Black men remains a taboo subject, but counselors can help clients break the silence and reclaim their own power.