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Counseling

Counseling resources for counselors and practitioners who want to apply the latest positive psychology strategies or ready-to-apply tools.

Psychoeducation

How to Perform Psychoeducation Interventions: 14 Topics

Why? Why? Why? Toddlers’ endless questions, followed by even more questions after every answer, equip them with an understanding of the world around them. We [...]

Counseling interview questions

40 Counseling Interview Questions to Ask Therapy Clients

Empowering your patients and guiding them to realize their inner strengths to deal with life’s difficulties are some of the central goals of counseling. Knowing [...]

Visualization techniques

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 [...]

Career Counseling Tests

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 [...]

Counseling Skills

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 [...]

Counseling Activities

25 Counseling Activities to Better Help Your Therapy 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 [...]

Relationship Counseling Courses

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 [...]

Social work vs Psychology

Social Work vs Counseling, & Occupational Therapy

A formalized response to the social needs of individuals, communities, and society has existed throughout the centuries. Before the advent of social work as a [...]

Counseling Ethics Code: 10 Common Ethical Issues & Studies

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 [...]

Military Counseling

Military Counseling & Helping Veterans Deal With Trauma

The military has a varied task force. You don’t have to become a soldier; there are many possibilities for more unusual jobs. For instance, there [...]