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In my previous post, I outlined several cognitive strategies for helping clients manage anxiety. But as I mentioned at the end of that post, it is important to keep in mind that there are times when cognitive strategies don’t quite reach through to the level of emotion someone is experiencing.

I have been teaching online and using online supplements in my teaching for 5 years now. In fact, I have the privilege of working in the first online rehabilitation counselor education program in the country.

During the current health crisis, the greatest psychological challenge facing our clients is that of the fears triggered by uncertainty. Uncertainty about how many of us will remain healthy, how long the limitations on our lives will last, what the full scope of the economic implications will be, how we will feel safe again even after we have been told the danger has passed.

What are the things dads do that make them great fathers? The word that I believe applies to great fathers is that they are consistent. Consistency requires calmness, reassurance, hopeful outlook, and managing moods to avoid extreme lows and highs.

We are living in extraordinary times. For the first time in modern history our world is experiencing a global pandemic and all that it implies for changes in our way of life. How drastic it will be is not yet known.

In this blog I write about gender microaggression because I experienced it the other week. I will share my emotional reaction and the difficulty of fighting against gender microaggressions when the aggressor doesn’t realize that their behavior is sexist and aggressive.

EVERYONE! You don’t have to have some enlightened, spiritual abilities to practice meditation. You don’t have to be a yogi and go around saying namaste to everyone. You don’t have to know someone within the meditation community to be invited into it. Literally anyone from toddlers to elders can do and benefit from meditation.

As we explored the challenges and successes of that era, someone posed a question referencing the motivation and activism of our current generation. This particular response caused me to pause and ask for clarity.

Welcome to the 10-part meditation blog series that focuses on the various ways that meditation can assist you and your overall well-being.

In this, my fifth blog on Mother-Daughter Attachment, I ask why is Mother-Daughter Attachment missing from counseling, coaching, and marriage and family training syllabi?