Hi Anthony, I have a few questions but just want to give you some context first. A few months ago my agency closed. I was overseeing registered interns through grant funding and a county contract in 3 different cities, primarily providing counseling at schools. Instead of starting my own practice,…
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Therapy is an incredibly rewarding process—but it doesn’t come without its challenges. Especially for a certain group of individuals: Black men and women. Keisha Wells, licensed professional counselor, explains that in a traditional sense, counseling is a “foreign” concept and viewed as a “last resort” in the Black community; however,…
Protecting the Public Dear Anthony, I wanted to thank you for writing such an interesting article in the November issue of Counseling Today regarding Life Coaches. I am a recent graduate in Community Counseling and just passed the LPC exam. Here in Dallas, a lot of so-called “hypnotist/hypnotherapists” pass themselves…
Yelp, Facebook, Google, and Angie’s List are just a few places where customers and clients speak their minds; leaving reviews—both positive and negative—that can raise or crush the reputation of a business. For some, this is a great opportunity. Counseling practices with little money for advertising, but great reviews, might…
Greetings readers, it’s been 7 years since I first wrote on this issue, and to date it remains still one of the most asked about topics. This month I present to you a re-visitation, and update! According to Salary.com, a Licensed Professional Counselor (or ‘Family Counselor’) working in Cambridge, MA…
Maybe it’s New Year’s Resolutions. Maybe it’s “Blue Monday” (January 23rd) the day by which we’ve all broken our resolutions. Maybe it’s a post-holiday emotional hangover. Maybe it’s just that the days are depressingly short, and dark, and very cold. Maybe it’s a combination of all these things that makes…