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• Addressing Intimate Partner Violence With LGBTQ+ Clients (June 15, 2023)
• Conceptualizing Diagnosis Through a Social Justice Lens (June 1, 2023)
• A Closer Look at the Mental Health Provider Shortage (May 18, 2023)
• The Protective Side of Anger (May 4, 2023) 
• Building Rapport With Clients Experiencing Psychosis (April 20, 2023)
• The Impact of Telebehavioral Health on Clinical Practice (April 6, 2023)
• 'Child Abuse in Disguise': The Impact of Parental Alienation on Families (March 23, 2023)
• The Maternal Mental Health of Black Women (March 9, 2023)
• 'The Walls Come Right Down': The Clinical Benefits of Therapy Dogs (February 23, 2023)
• Generational Trauma: Uncovering and Interrupting the Cycle (February 9, 2023)
• The Impact of Cultural Resiliency on Traumatic Loss (January 26, 2023)
• 4 Steps to Refresh, Recharge, and Reconnect (January 12, 2023) 
• Pushing Back Against Fatphobia (December 15, 2022)
• Treating Depression by Focusing on Solutions and Acceptance (December 1, 2022) 
• A Beginner's Guide to Alexithymia (November 17, 2022)
• De-escalating Conflict Between Parents and Teens (November 3, 2022)
• 'Not a Monster': Destigmatizing Borderline Personality Disorder (October 20, 2022)
• Disarming Anger (October 6, 2022)
• Preventing Veteran Suicide (September 22, 2022)
• Breaking the Silence Around the Childhood Sexual Abuse of Black Men (September 8, 2022)
• Counseling a Broken Heart (August 25, 2022)
• A Cognitive Behavioral Understanding of Social Anxiety Disorder (August 11, 2022)
• Responding to the Youth Mental Health Crisis in Schools (July 28, 2022)
• The Unacknowledged Stigma of Mental Illness (July 14, 2022)
• Building Trust with Reluctant Clients (June 30, 2022)
• Rebuilding After Brain Injury (June 16, 2022
• Sex-Positive Counseling (June 2, 2022)
• American Counseling Association Announces First New CEO in 23 Years (May 19, 2022)
• Self-Esteem: Tending to the Roots and Branches (May 5, 2022)
• The Impact of Legalized Marijuana On Professional Counseling (April 21, 2022)
• Self-Diagnosis in a Digital World (April 7, 2022)
• Other People's Monsters: A Personal Account of Vicarious Traumatization (March 24, 2022)
• 2 Years in: Reflecting on Counseling During a Pandemic (March 10, 2022)
• One Size Does Not Fit All in Couples Counseling (February 24, 2022)
• Stress vs. Anxiety vs. Burnout: What's the Difference? (February 10, 2022)
• The Emotional and Social Health Needs of Gen Z (January 27, 2022)
• Wellness: Aiming for an Ever-Moving Target (January 13, 2022) 
• Happy holidays! Take a look at the most accessed articles of 2021 (December 30, 2021)
• Bringing Pornography Use Out of the Shadows (December 16, 2021)
• Culture-Centered Counseling (December 2, 2021)
• 4 Lessons in Building Therapeutic Relationships (November 18, 2021)
• Perspectives on Grief and Loss (November 4, 2021)
• The Sensitivity of Boundary Setting in Collectivist Cultures (October 21, 2021)
• Tapping Into the Benefits of EMDR (October 7, 2021)
• Trauma Stabilization Through Polyvagal Theory and DBT (September, 23 2021)
• Hard at Work (September 9, 2021)
• A Firsthand Experience of Grieving Pet Loss (August 26, 2021)
• American Counseling Association CEO Richard Yep to Depart Organization (August 12, 2021)
• Cultivating Space for Inclusivity (July 29, 2021)
• Taking a Strengths-Based Approach to Suicide Assessment and Treatment (July 15, 2021)
• There's Nothing Small About Trauma (July 1, 2021)
• Responding to the Increase of Hate Crimes Against Asians and Asian Americans (June 17, 2021)
• Listening to Voices of Color in the LGBTQ+ Community (June 3, 2021)
• Untangling Trauma and Grief After Loss (May 20, 2021)
• Test Feeling the Strain: The Effects of COVID-19 on Children and Adolescents (May 6, 2021)
• Money on the Mind (April 22, 2021)
• Finding Balance in Counseling Private Practice (April 8, 2021)
• ACA Responds to Violence and Bullying Against Asian American Community (March 25, 2021)
• How COVID-19 Is Affecting Our Fears, Phobias and Anxieties (March 11, 2021)
• Counseling Outside the Box (February 25, 2021)
• Far Away, So Close: Negotiating Relationships During COVID-19 (February 11, 2021)
• 'But My Clients Don't Get Eating Disorders' (January 28, 2021)
• Counselors Look Back on 2020 (January 14, 2021)
• Seeing the Whole Gifted Child (December 17, 2020)
• Wellness: Getting Beyond the Buzzword (December 3, 2020)
• How (Not) to Isolate During the COVID-19 Pandemic (November 19, 2020)
• Addiction: Paving the Way to Recovery (November 5, 2020)
• Lessons Learned From a Community Crisis (October 22, 2020)
• Helping Clients Develop a Healthy Relationship With Social Media (October 8, 2020)
• Solution-Focused Tools to Help School Counselors in a Pandemic (September 24, 2020)
• Grappling With Compassion Fatigue (September 10, 2020)
• Primum Cura Te Ipsum: First, Heal Thyself (August 27, 2020)
• The Revised Meaning of Self-Care in the Wake of COVID-19 (August 13, 2020)
• Putting First Responders' Mental Health on the Front Lines (July 16, 2020)
• A Quest for Identity and Connection (July 2, 2020)
• Counseling Connoisseur: Death and Bereavement During COVID-19 (June 18, 2020)
• Coping With the (Ongoing) Stress of COVID-19 (June 4, 2020)
• Life After Cancer (May 21, 2020)
• Exploring the Ties That Bind (May 7, 2020)
• How Do Counselors Support Clients During the Coronavirus Pandemic? (April 23, 2020)
• @TechCounselor: Managing the Culture of Breaking News (April 9, 2020)
• Counseling in Jail (March 27, 2020)
• Help Wanted: Managing Work Stress (March 12, 2020)
• Celebrating the Role of Rehabilitation Counseling (February 27, 2020)
• Living With — and Beyond — OCD (February 13, 2020)
• Deconstructing Anxiety (January 30, 2020)
• Dealing With the Realities of Dementia (January 16, 2020)
• Happy New Year from ACA (January 2, 2020)
• Understanding Stillbirth (December 19, 2019)
• Multicultural Encounters (December 5, 2019)
• Counseling Survivors of Sexual Violence (November 21, 2019)
• Going Beyond Sadness (November 7, 2019)
• Counseling Termination and New Beginnings (October 24, 2019)
• Finding Strength in Sensitivity (October 10, 2019)
• 5 Social, Emotional and Mental Health Supports That Teens Need to Succeed (September 26, 2019)
• Challenging the Inevitability of Inherited Mental Illness (September 12, 2019)
• Client Suggestibility: A Beginner's Guide for Mental Health Professionals (August 29, 2019)
• Taming Impulses (August 15, 2019)
• More Than Simply Shy (August 1, 2019)
• Facilitating Support Groups For Caregivers (July 18, 2019)
• Addressing Intimate Partner Violence With Clients (July 3, 2019)
• The Miscommunication Model and the WDEP System (June 20, 2019)
• Learning to Love (Or at Least Leverage) Technology (June 6, 2019)
• One School Counselor Per 455 Students: Nationwide Average Improves (May 23, 2019)
• When Yelling Doesn't Work (May 9, 2019)
• 5 Points of Discussion for Conversations About Racial Injustice (April 25, 2019)
• Bundle of Joy? (April 11, 2019)
• The Caregiving Conundrum (March 28, 2019)
• The Messy Reality of Perfectionism (March 14, 2019)
• The Gifts of Volunteering as a Disaster Mental Health Counselor (February 28, 2019)
• Counselor Self-Disclosure: Encouragement or Impediment to Client Growth? (February 14, 2019)
• The Pros & Cons of Contracting With Online Counseling Companies (January 31, 2019)
• Building Client and Counselor Resilience (January 17, 2019)
• Happy New Year: Celebrating 2018 Successes (January 3, 2019)
• Year End Countdown: The Top 20 Articles of 2018 (December 20, 2018)
• Supporting Clients Through the Anxiety and Exhaustion of Food Allergies (December 6, 2018)
• Moving Through Trauma (November 21, 2018)
• Standing in the Shadow of Addiction (November 8, 2018)
• Understanding and Working With Service Dog Handlers (October 25, 2018)
• Could Toxic Workplaces Be Killing Your Clients? (October 11, 2018)
• Addressing Ethnic Self-Hatred in Latinx Undergraduates (September 27, 2018)
• Left to Their Own Devices (September 13, 2018)
• The Hurting Counselor (August 30, 2018)
• Reading with Your Child(ren) (August 16, 2018)
• In Search of an Affirming Faith (August 2, 2018)
• Effective Ways to Approach Sexual Assault Response (July 19, 2018)
• When Bias Turns to Bullying (July 5, 2018)
• The Social Justice of Adoption (June 21, 2018)
• Career Counseling for Today's Workforce (June 7, 2018)

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