Counseling
Counseling resources for counselors and practitioners who want to apply the latest positive psychology strategies or ready-to-apply tools.
How to Use Silence in Therapy & Counseling
Silence in talk therapy? Silence may seem like a strange concept to highlight in a treatment based around conversation. Still, for anyone who’s taken part [...]
Therapeutic Relationships in Counseling: 4 Phases Explained
Psychotherapy has been described as a dance, “a synchronicity of the mind and body that occurs between therapist and client” (Schore, 2014, p. 388). Psychotherapy [...]
What Is Counseling Psychology? + Training Opportunities
Counseling psychology is an area of professional psychology with strong ties to positive psychology. It is a non-pathologizing, strengths-based approach that can help clients thrive. [...]
Marriage Counseling: Staying Happily Married Through Therapy
Love. Relationships. Marriage. Such powerful words that evoke meaning and emotion, hopes and dreams, memories, and heartache. Marriage is a culturally recognized union involving a [...]
Marriage Counseling Toolkit: 30 Couples Therapy Worksheets
While research confirms that marriage leads to increased life satisfaction, it is not without its challenges (Boyce, Wood, & Ferguson, 2016). Indeed, according to the [...]
Characteristics of Effective Counseling and Counselors
Counseling, therapy, and psychology are often stereotyped by society with misconceptions and stigma. However, effective therapy, quality counseling, and psychotherapy are about a relationship, developing [...]
What Are SOAP Notes in Counseling? (incl. Examples)
How do doctors or therapists track what is happening with a patient or client from one visit to the next? How do these professionals communicate [...]
12 Popular Counseling Approaches to Consider
Looking for a counselor may feel like an overwhelming endeavor, especially for someone already dealing with troubling symptoms, trauma, or loss. The myriad of counseling [...]
54 Inspiring Counseling Quotes to Motivate Counselors
Motivation is critical in counseling for both the counselor and the client. Quotes can help focus and facilitate a mindset conducive to creating therapeutic bonds [...]
Resilience Coaching: 29 Helpful Tools and Techniques
It’s a demanding world out there. Adversity in health, family, work, or any area of your life could be right around the corner. Resilience consists [...]