Although I'm not a fan of "manualized" treatment of clients, according to professional standards of care and the American Counseling Association's Code of Ethics (Section C on Professional Responsibility), a professional counselor has a "responsibility to engage in counseling practices that are {...}
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Tools and Resources
Business Cards For Graduate Students
David from Longmont, Colorado wrote . . .
Tamara, I attended your workshop at the Colorado Counseling Association's Spring Workshop, The In's and Out's of Private Practice. Thanks so much for being so generous with your information! I remember you encouraging graduate students to go ahead and {...}
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CAQH, NPI, HIPAA . . . Abbreviations And Acronyms In Mental Health
While surfing today, I ran across a website that provides resources to counselors in Washington State. One of the resources I found there is the Dictionary of Initials, Acronyms, and Abbreviations Used by Counselors and Social Workers. Here are two examples:
CAQH = Council for Affordable Quality {...}
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When The Garbage (In Your Head) Gets In The Way Of Building Your Private Practice
You may not know that I also host a second blog for my clinical practice. Last week, I was writing a post for it, titled How to Empty the Garbage (in Your Head). As I was sitting down today to write, I realized that this post is equally relevant to psychotherapists in private practice. Sometimes {...}
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