Posts Tagged ‘mental health’

 

Earn Your Masters In Mental Health Counseling – Lisa Stepelevich, a PCOM mental health counseling student, shares why she wants to become a mental health counselor and why she chose PCOM. Mary Dunn, a PCOM…

 

Supreme Judicial Court protects nonprofit directors from claims by estate of …

Filed under: mental health counselor

The estate of a 25-year-old psychiatric counselor who was killed by a patient at work in January 2011 has no legal grounds to seek damages from directors of the nonprofit mental health center where the assault took place, the state Supreme Judicial …
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Mental illness: Network to help isn't as extensive as it might be

Filed under: mental health counselor

 

Psychiatry and Psychology – Part 4: Addiction Center – Dr. Daniel Hall-Flavin, Consultant in Addiction Psychiatry in Rochester, Minn., provides a brief introduction to the Addiction Center.

 

Florida organization empowers veterans in need; provides counseling, housing

Filed under: substance abuse certification

Jones said that instead of staying that long, residents are urged to meet three goals toward independence — address any substance-abuse or mental health problems, find employment or be enrolled in school or a job-training program and find secure …
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Six die of overdose at music fest

Filed under: substance abuse certification

The three-day festival, featuring international acts like Deadmau5, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Pharrell Williams and Rudimental, had been rocked by reports of drug abuse among the concert goers with police detaining 22 people, including 15 foreigners …
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Addiction Counselor – Peter – Nova Counseling Services – Peter, a recovering addict and counselor at Nova Counseling Services, shares information on Nova’s addiction treatment programs and philosophy of care. Nova …

 

Sex Addiction: The Never-Ending Debate

Filed under: addiction counselor

Sex Addiction: The Never-Ending Debate A few weeks ago, after writing and publishing a blog titled “Treating Sexual Addiction” on the Counselor Magazine website, links to this fairly brief article made its way into various LinkedIn forums, including …
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Voices: Women drinking more like men

Filed under: addiction counselor

Against this backdrop, Orlando mental health and addiction counselor Vicki O'Grady became so outraged by NBC's morning show saucing, she started a Facebook page called "Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb: Please Stop Drinking on the Today Show.".
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Question by : Mental Health Counselor?
to be a Mental Health Counselor which courses do i have to take?? what degrees do i need? and which colleges are good??
btw i want to be a therapist.
i want to help people who have emotional problems including thoughts of suicide, family probs and other stuff….

Best answer:

Answer by Rita
Well there are actually lots of different counselors. You didn’t say which type you’re interested in becoming, but I’ll find some information to help you..

Therapist — “Therapist” is another name for “counselor.” Therapists are people who use counseling to treat mental, emotional and nervous illnesses. Counseling is also called “psychotherapy.” Therapists can be psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers or other professional counselors trained in mental health.

 

Kathleen L. Friend, L.C.S.W. (914) 632-8878 – Kathleen L. Friend, lcsw – Adolescent Therapist 271 North Ave Suite 912, New Rochelle, NY 10801 (914) 632-8878 http://www.kathleenfriend.com The best ser…

 

Self-harm sites and cyberbullying: the threat to children from web's dark side

Filed under: adolescent therapist

"You have people asking you how to cut yourself deep enough because their therapist said it wasn't bad enough," she says. "I have … Do they simply show teenage angst and creative expression, or highlight a worrying deterioration of teenage mental health?
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Cuts to Medicare support for PTSD cause sufferers more harm

Filed under: adolescent therapist

Jan began therapy for depression in 2009, seven years after ending regular in-person contact with her mother, but it took a year before she accepted the therapist's suggestion that she had PTSD. "I had previously thought of PTSD as something … ACPMH …
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Question by sephia: I want a job counseling people?
My career counselor doesn’t know what filed I should enter. I know that, at minimum, I will need to get a Masters. But in what????

But first I must start with a undergrad program.

Should I enter Psychology or Social Work?

But I am confused because everyone keeps telling me that getting degree in Psychology is worthless. I have even heard people tell me that a master’s degree in Psychology is worthless. What do you think?

Best answer:

Answer by Lisa
What kind of counseling do you want to do? My aunt is a psychology bs/ma, and she works at an elementary school working with kids.

I have a friend who went into social work, and her job is more about helping families who have had problems get back on track.