ACA MEMBER BLOGS

Dr. Gladding’s words, kindness, and wisdom will live on through many counseling students, supervisees, fellow counselors, counselor educators, and colleagues who he influenced over the years.

Dr. John M. Gottman concluded roughly forty years ago that there was a large gap between the importance of marriage and romantic relationships, and research concerning what makes relationships and marriage work.

I worked for a couple of years as a career coach before starting as a counselor and, during that time, found that approximately 90% of my clients were either seeing a counselor for anxiety or needed a referral for one.

My state board recently sent out a great request for feedback. They want to know counselors' thoughts on whether or not telehealth flexibility implemented for COVID-19 should be extended.

When I opened my private practice and started reading about the “powers of networking”–how if I didn’t do any marketing, or have a social media strategy, or didn’t make sure I was networking, that I wouldn’t succeed.

That question comes up a lot for many therapists. The short answer may be “yes,” but the more accurate answer may be “it depends.”

What area of counseling do I want to specialize in? What types of specialties are there? How do I know what is the best fit for myself? These are all questions that you as a graduate student or new professional may have asked yourself.

Communication is a vital part of any romantic relationship. Given that, it's not surprising how many couples want to focus on improving communication.

When it comes to structuring our time outside of session, we need to determine what feels rejuvenating and what feels restrictive. Because while we all have the same 24 hours in every day, not every one of us likes to, or can, spend those hours the same way.

Being a professional student, counselor, trainee, and supervisor while also being supervised is definitely what can be referred to as role confusion! So many new therapists at the beginning of their careers find themselves wearing several different hats from the clinical setting all the way to academia.