Barbeques, sunscreen, and freshly mowed lawns: the signs of summer are everywhere. And for millions of K-12 students across the country, class is almost out. Here are some ideas for school counselors and professionals who have graduated with a degree in school counseling to see students through the summer months, from health and wellness to …
EMS is proud to join the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in commemorating Mental Health Month 2018. Each year, millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental illness. During May, NAMI and the rest of the country are raising awareness of mental health. Each year NAMI works to fight stigma, provide …
April is Counseling Awareness Month! Let’s look at just what goes in to the emergence of a new counselor: the essential field of counselor education. Millions of Americans receive mental health care from licensed professional counselors every year. Under licensure laws enacted in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, there are …
The demand for licensed counselors and mental health professionals is at an all-time high. But there’s a lot of competition between counselor education programs to recruit and retain the best and brightest students. Are you ready to take your clinical supervision into the 21st Century? Create demand for your program with the technology that today’s …
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Gale-force winds, torrential rain, and a monster tidal surge: ingredients for catastrophe in even sparsely-populated areas. But what happens when a storm of this severity hits an urban environment like Houston, TX? Stressful doesn’t even begin to describe such an event – so how can a community begin to rebuild after a natural disaster, and …
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition brought on by a stressful or distressing event that affects as many as 7.7 million Americans aged 18 and over (source: The National Institute of Mental Health). Common symptoms may include severe anxiety, nightmares and sleeplessness, and flashbacks, as well as uncontrollable recollections of the event, …
