Counseling
Counseling resources for counselors and practitioners who want to apply the latest positive psychology strategies or ready-to-apply tools.
Visualization in Therapy: 16 Simple Techniques & Tools
Our imagination provides a powerful vehicle for exploring aspects of the self and promoting behavioral change (Thomas, 2016). In sports, visualization is helpful for rehearsal [...]
14 Career Counseling Assessments & Tests for Your Students
When looking at job vacancies, how many times have you thought to yourself, ‘Is this job right for me?‘ only to find out it really [...]
20 Basic Counseling Skills to Become an Effective Therapist
Effective counseling skills are vital in forming a strong alliance between the client and therapist. When combined, such competencies support clients through treatment and help [...]
30 Counseling Activities to Better Help Your Clients
The practice of counseling is full of exercises, role-play, and metaphors. By wielding the power of experiential learning and analogy through such activities, counselors can [...]
17 Best Courses for Relationship & Couples Counseling
Over the course of our lives, we will have countless relationships, some deep and lasting and others fleeting. Maintaining a healthy and satisfying relationship is [...]
Ethics in Counseling: The Code + 10 Common Ethical Issues
Most counselors have an appreciation for the possibility and diversity of ethical issues, but it’s easy to think they’ll never happen to you. Despite their [...]
What Is School Counseling? 14 Roles & Goals of Counselors
For many youngsters, school and life in general present an endless list of demands and challenges. From trauma and learning disabilities to bullying and course [...]
How to Foster Clients’ Autonomy in Counseling or Therapy
Personal autonomy is highly valued across the field of healthcare. Increasingly, patients are encouraged to make autonomous decisions regarding their goals and treatment plans (Entwistle, [...]
Defining the Counseling Process and Its Stages
Counseling typically helps bring about change. The process begins with exploring the challenges a client faces before assisting them in resolving developmental and situational difficulties [...]
What Is Career Counseling? 3 Fascinating Theories Explained
Changing jobs every few years or less is increasingly the norm among younger generations. A 2020 Deloitte survey found that 31% of Millennials and around [...]