Category: Counseling

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …