Marquette counseling blog

Mental health counselors give patients a safe space to confide private and sensitive information. These disclosures allow patients to receive proper treatment and improve their mental health. However, counselors can face serious ethical dilemmas in a variety of situations. This article explores ethical guidelines for counselors, common ethical issues, and strategies for resolving ethical issues.

The 2001 U.S. Surgeon General’s report highlighted the relationship between mental health and discrimination, oppression and poverty. Issues of social justice are integral to counseling because our clients do not exist as individuals independent of society, culture and context.

What are all the requirements for counseling licensure and how will you meet them? Get a step-by-step look at what you need to do to earn licensure for mental health counseling on Marquette’s blog.

Marquette Counseling program director, Dr. Krystyne Mendoza, explores how a perfect storm of factors during the COVID-19 pandemic came together to result in a lack of mental health providers and how Marquette University has restructured its offerings to prepare the next generation of providers to fill gaps in care.

Children go through many rites of passage that mark their physical development. Toddlers transition from infant car seats to booster seats, elementary kids finally become tall enough to ride the most intense roller coasters, and teenagers outgrow shoes at an astonishing pace. However, measuring a child’s emotional and mental progress can be more challenging. Read on to understand the influences that may cause developmental delays.