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There is a need to develop effective mental health models in schools because of the mental health challenges that affect students academically, socially & emotionally. Students will continue to be faced with these challenges but it is important to address

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.

Counselors can help prepare for the pressures during the holiday season, from a barrage of parties, social events, to the temptation to compare themselves with the happy, near-perfect holiday scenes in movies, advertisements or friends’ social media posts

As with any traumatic experience, I seek meaning, attempting to make some sense out of these tragedies. I dive into my counseling toolbox for guidance and I DO something.

Post-9/11, the practice of disaster mental health has been shifting and evolving as practitioners have continued to gain a better understanding of how people recover from traumatic events.

Climate change may be the most crucial issue confronting the inhabitants of our world today.

The phrase undocumented immigrant, or its less charitable counterpart, illegal alien, tends to cause a stir in the media. The focus is on the paperwork, the lack of permission or legal status to be in the United States.

NatureRx is the brainchild of Justin Bogardus, a filmmaker and licensed professional counselor candidate in Boulder, Colorado. Everything seems to have a marketing campaign in this modern age, he says, so why not nature?

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.

For many children (and their excited parents), the end of summer signifies a return to school, studies and schedules. It is a time when we bid farewell to the lackadaisical whimsy of carefree days.