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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.

Silence

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 relationship

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 [...]

Counseling Psychology

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 Therapy

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

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 [...]

Counseling quotes

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 [...]