When I was preparing for retirement, I was already on the way to becoming a clinical psychiatrist. I finished the first year of my master's degree in clinical psychosocial counseling and would start my internship and internship in about seven months. Knowing that as a clinician I wanted to work with veterans, I contacted our local veterans treatment court to…
Professional consultants are strengthening their presence in a variety of settings, including nonprofit organizations, clinics, private practice groups, schools, hospitals, and state and federal vocational rehabilitation centers. In these situations, counselors are likely to work with other health professionals for the benefit of their clients. Some of these other professionals involved in caring for clients may be doctors, speech therapists,…
What if 25% of our adult female clients were affected by trauma? Do not we want to know that? Not only is this a hypothesis for consultants, but there is a possibility that we, as clinicians, may be ill prepared to effectively identify and treat our clients who fall into this population. In the United States, one in four women…