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Social Interest, its Role in Healing, and some geeky history about the counseling field If you are someone who has ever endured graduate school for a counseling degree, you have been asked the ever-present question about your “theory,” the guiding principles that you have chosen to utilize in your counseling practice. So what’s your theory? […]

Gatekeeping for Faith Leaders, Part 1: How do I know when to refer someone to counseling? I have been a church kid my entire life, and involved in the mental health community for my entire adult life. My experiences in these spaces have led me to realize that, on the topic of mental health, there […]

The word “autism” was first coined in 1911 by a German psychiatrist who believed autism was a subtype of schizophrenia (spoiler alert: he was very, very wrong). Needless to say, the word has had a tumultuous history [1,9]. Throughout the decades, however, researchers and medical professionals have begun to better understand the inner world of […]