Ben ** is a 16 year old high school student. He completed a mental health assessment about four months ago after being referred from his school due to behavioral concerns, poor attendance, and "possible problems with marijuana and other substances". Previously, he attended school-based psychological counseling in the seventh grade and has been meeting with a school counselor regularly for…
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Maria Davis-Pierre, a licensed mental health advisor (LMHC) in Lake Worth, Florida, first suspected that her daughter might be on the autism spectrum at age 6 and had signs of sensory problems. Then, at 10 months, her daughter, who had said simple words like "mom", "dada" and "ball", suddenly stopped speaking. When Davis-Pierre and her husband tried to get their…
Richard Yep, CEO of ACA T The strength of a group is not measured by what its members do for themselves, but by their humanity to help others. Over the past two months, I have seen the care and compassion of our members and countless other psychiatric professionals time and time again. Thousands wanted to know how to help their…
We have known Jane Myers and Tom Sweeney for over 20 years. During this time we have written projects that relate to a common passion: promoting the well-being of all people. When Jane died of cancer in 2014, it was a great loss for us personally and for the entire consulting profession. We recently felt moved to interview Tom about…
For the uninitiated, a favorable cancer prognosis seems to follow a challenging but relatively linear path that ends in an upward trend: diagnosis, treatment, elimination, champagne. What is there not to celebrate? The treatment is over! You are cancer free! Everything is great! You can now return to your regular programming. You're excited, right? For most people who complete cancer…
https://acbcdigitalresources.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resources/Audio+Transcript+Files/Counseling+a+Fearful+and+Abused+Wife.mp3 PDF Notes Today we will address counseling women who are afraid of abusive situations. However, parts of this lecture can certainly be applied to a woman in any kind of anxious situation because the principles are the same. One of the main reactions to any kind of abuse is fear. And I would hurry to add that not every…
April is the month of counseling awareness, and each year advisors strive to promote our profession by evaluating service delivery, promoting community, and increasing advocacy efforts. This year, consultants are facing an unprecedented challenge: promoting mental health in the transition to providing telemedicine sessions, modeling physical distance while closing cultural gaps in mental health, and connecting clients to services from…
As is well known, the pioneer of family therapy, Virginia Satir, said: "If we can heal the family, we can heal the world." Satir believed that the family was the “factory” in which all people were made. She was one of the first to advocate an idea that is now widely recognized by consultants: a person's family of origin and…
The inability to leave the house; constant access to the 24-hour message cycle; passionate hand washing and disinfecting; increasing fear; Insomnia. These are just a few facets of the new "normalcy" of the world. Without a doubt, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for personal hygiene and the fragility of life. But while projections of diminished mental health have…