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Richard Yep, CEO of ACA A s I reflect on the unimaginable past year that included a global pandemic and an increased focus on racial injustice. Much of what we did and expected was about to change radically. In the past year, I've had more conversations about social justice and systemic racism than I could have expected. I am a…

In a devotion from 1624, the English poet John Donne argued: “No man is an island, all to himself; Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the Main. " This feeling still applies in modern consulting. Behaviors that other people display in their customers' lives – often the people they love most – can acutely affect…

It has been 52 years since the Stonewall Uprising – a multi-day protest that began when police raided and arrested the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in the village of Greenwich, New York City, in the early hours of June 28, 1969 began patrons and employees. The bar was a haven for the LGBTQ + community, and the raid –…

Ralph Ellison, a famous African American writer, literary critic, and scholar, completed a series of essays in Shadow and Act that highlighted the many social differences that shape black and white America. He held the African American barber shop in high esteem and proclaimed its importance as an institution as higher than secondary for the African American man because it…

What exactly should we expect from God? What role does God play in human experience? What Can a Counselor Do When a Client is Angry at God? In 2020, 48% of Americans surveyed by Gallup said religion was "very important" in their lives, and another 25% said religion was "quite important". Only 27% said religion was "not very important" in…

Immigrants to the United States have a common goal: to make the American dream come true. For many, this dream means living a life with less fighting than they experienced in their home countries. Africa is the second largest continent in the world and stretches from Senegal to Somali (west to east) and Tunisia to South Africa (north to south).…

D Death, loss and grief are natural components of life. But when death comes suddenly and unexpectedly, such as in a suicide or a car accident, the intersection of the traumatic experience and the grief over the loss can overwhelm us. Glenda Dickonson, a licensed clinical consultant in private practice in Maryland, describes traumatic grief as "a senseless event –…