Title: Wellness Integration in Professional Counseling: A Grounded Theory

Authors: Susan M. Long, Madeline Clark, Leah Reed, and Ellise Raghavan

Description: Wellness Integration in Professional Counseling: A Grounded Theory (Long, Clark, Reed & Raghavan, 2022) sheds light on the strategies professional counselors use in their clinical practice with the objective of creating a theory of wellness counseling best practices. This Continuing Professional Development resource provides counselors with a rationale to identify how counselors integrate wellness strategies into counseling, understand barriers to integrate wellness strategies into counseling, and recognize implications for counseling practice and counselor education and supervision.

Title: Workplace Violence Among Counselors

Authors: Janet Kathleen Kempf; John M. Laux, PhD; Tahani Dari and Christine M. Fox

Description: Workplace violence (WPV) is a global concern associated with workers’ intentions to leave their job, increased use of sick leave, diminished ability to provide quality care, and diminished psychological well-being (Kempf et al., 2023). And while counselors are at greater risk of experiencing WPV than other professions because they engage distressed members of the public, Kempf et al. stated little is known about WPV in counseling settings. Given the current shortage of counselors and the connection between WPV, burnout, and retention, it is time for counselors to take the necessary preventive and responsive steps to address what may be a threat to both counselor wellness and client care (Kempf et al., 2023). This Continuing Professional Development is of significant value to clinical mental health agency managers, counselor supervisors, practicing counselors, current counselor trainees as well as counselor educators and researchers.