One particularly damaging result of incest is trauma bonding, in which survivors incorporate the aberrant views of their abusers about the incestuous relationship.
What can we do as clinicians to help reduce the stigma and minimize the fear that going to counseling has for many law enforcement officers? The first step is to help officers understand their rights to privacy.
If this fall’s presidential debates have left you feeling angry or dejected and the thought of finding out election results state by state on the evening of Nov. 8 makes you break out in a cold sweat, you are not alone.
When caregivers observe or learn about their child’s play involving private parts and respond with alarm, sternness, isolation of the child or avoidance of the topic, the caregiver may inadvertently be shaming the child.
During the past three decades, counseling scholars and practitioners have argued that multicultural competence is a central concern to working effectively with diverse clients and to providing culturally responsive counseling environments.
If clients want to return to counseling, or to transition from a therapeutic relationship to a friendship, the right and responsibility to renew or reinvent the relationship should be theirs alone.
The day I failed the National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Examination (NCMHCE) was the best day of my life.
The continuum of self theory attempts to identify and quantify complex human relational behavior, offering possible insights into why people remain in bad relationships despite feeling lonely, frustrated and resentful.
The responsibility of providing documentation that would allow individuals to have an emotional support animal live with them should not be taken lightly.
As a counselor, which of the following elements are absolutely essential for you to do your job well?
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