Expert Interviews & Perspectives in Counseling

The statistics for domestic violence in the United States are staggering. Each year, more than 10 million people in this country experience domestic violence. One in four women and one in 10 men experience some form of sexual assault, stalking, or physical violence from an intimate partner. Unfortunately, things seem to be getting worse.

America is experiencing a mental health crisis, and mental health struggles amongst the nation’s youth are intensifying. Student mental health is in a precarious place, with children and teens exposed to more information, more social contact, and more discord than ever before. The student mental health crisis is pervasive.

If you aspire to work with trans and nonbinary people as a mental health professional, there are many trans-focused career paths to explore, depending on your area of focus and level of training and certification.

Many counselors offer therapy for substance abuse in private practice counseling offices, community mental health agencies, hospitals, correctional facilities, and juvenile detention centers. Services include individual counseling, group therapy, family counseling, and referrals to medication management, as needed.

The pandemic of 2020 has caused worldwide suffering, but could it be what bridges the bipartisan gap in America? Read on to learn what a leadership psychology professor has to say on political persuasion.

Counseling is designed to focus on the client’s issues, feelings, thoughts, and experiences. Is self-disclosure okay to use in counseling sessions? Although there are some concerns with self-disclosure, it can be helpful to your client and the therapeutic relationship, when used for the client’s benefit.

When swiping through apps or dancing at the club, have you ever felt like you didn’t vibe with the dating scene? A lot of factors contribute to this feeling of displacement, like beautyism, sexism, the focus on youth culture, or just a lack of shared interests. Yet what if there’s something deeper at work? What if our unique need for love changes our expectations of courtship?

A lack of motivation can be caused by a variety of sources. Some of these include stress, change, or an underlying mental health or physical condition. Other times, a lack of motivation can be a signal to make important changes in your career and lifestyle.

Since Kinsey, there have been many studies exploring the spectrum of heterosexuality and homosexuality, yet there has been little to no research measuring the spectrum of aromanticism to alloromanticism, and asexuality to allosexuality.

Some religious and spiritual practices can be healing to the individual, while others cause harm. If the counselor strives to treat the client as a whole person, religion and spirituality must be included in the therapeutic work.