It was a year like no other that brought upheaval and uncertainty for both professional consultants and their clients. No wonder many of the top-read articles of 2020 on CT Online dealt with topics related to the COVID-19 pandemic and racial injustice. Other popular articles have focused on helping clients with relationship problems, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other mental health diagnoses. Pieces focusing on practitioners' confidentiality, compassionate fatigue, and other professional topics also attracted great interest from readers.
More than 150 articles were published in 2020 on ct.counseling.org. This year, most of the top 10 most-read articles were online exclusives that did not appear in Counseling Today's print magazine.
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Some of the most important search terms that brought people to the website were self-care for counselors, empathy fatigue, polyvagal theory, "self-care for the activist counselor", trauma-informed counseling and burnout of counselors.
What did consultants read in 2020?
Here are the most-read articles published in 2020 on ct.counseling.org: [19454002]
"Uncovering the root cause of mother-daughter conflicts" (article by Member Insights, January magazine)
"Recovering from the trauma of infidelity" (article, April magazine)
"How do consultants support clients during the coronavirus pandemic?" (Published online exclusively in April)
"The Historical Roots of Racial Differences in the Mental Health System" (published online exclusively in May)
"Hey Siri: did you break confidentiality or did I?" (Published online exclusively in January)
"Deconstructing Fear" (Knowledge Share, January magazine)
"Solution-oriented tools that help school counselors in a pandemic" (published exclusively online in September)
"Help clients rebuild after separation or divorce" (published online exclusively in March)
"Overcoming boredom in leisure time during COVID-19: Combining an optimal leisure lifestyle at home with behavioral activation" (published exclusively online in July)
"Living with – and beyond – OCD" (cover story, February magazine)
"Black mental health matters" (cover story, August magazine)
"A Note of Encouragement for Advising Students During COVID-19" (Published Online Exclusively in April)
"The development of counseling under COVID-19" (cover story, June magazine)
"Addressing Compassion Fatigue" (article, September magazine)
"The Revised Importance of Self-Care After COVID-19" (published exclusively online in August)
"Coming back from" failure "as a consultant" (feature article, March magazine)
"Adjustment Disorder in the Time of COVID-19" (published exclusively online in April)
"Can you hear me now? Ways to reduce sound transmission between rooms" (published exclusively online in February)
“Include avoidant teenagers” (Knowledge Share, Mai-Magazin)
"Focus on the mental health of first aiders" (article, July magazine)
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