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TOPICS

AGING

BILINGUALISM

CANCER AND COUNSELING

CAREERS

CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

COMMUNITY COUNSELING

COUNSELING & PSYCHOTHERAPY THEORIES

CRISIS AND TRAUMA

DEATH AND DYING

DISABILITY

ETHICS

FAMILY COUNSELING & THERAPY

FEMINIST COUNSELING & WOMEN’S ISSUES

GAY/LESBIAN/ BISEXUAL/ TRANSGENDERED/ HETEROSEXUAL/ TRANSGENDERED/ BISEXUAL

HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

INTERVIEWING

MEDIATION

MENS’ ISSUES

MICROSKILLS

MULTICULTURAL

NEUROSCIENCE & NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

RACE/ETHNICITY

RACISM

RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY & COUNSELING

SEXUAL ASSAULT

SOCIAL CLASS

SUICIDE

WELLNESS

WHITE PRIVILEGE

AGING

Helpguide (with a mental health emphasis)

http://www.helpguide.org/index.htm

An extremely comprehensive view of issues around aging and mental health.

Positive Aging

http://www.taosinstitute.net/resources/positiveaging.html

The Taos Institute offers a monthly letter on dealing with aging from a positive frame of reference.

Positive Aging Resource Center

http://www.positiveaging.org/index.shtml

This is another useful site and one that may be beneficial to your older clients.

Guidelines for the Evaluation of Dementia and Age-Related Cognitive Decline
http://www.apa.org/practice/dementia.html

This site will provide specifics for evaluation and prove as part of work aging clients who face serious cognitive issues.

BILINGUALISM

Bilingual Families

http://www.nethelp.no/cindy/biling-fam.html

Useful help in working with and understanding bilingual families.

Cognitive Advantages of Bilingualism.

http://www.answers.com/topic/cognitive-advantages-to-bilingualism

No longer can we think about bilingual individuals as “disadvantaged.” Evidence is now clear that those who master two languages are advantaged.

CANCER AND COUNSELING

Cancer Support Groups

http://www.cancernews.com/support.html

Experiencing cancer is a major trauma and virtually every who reads these words has had cancer, has known cancer in the family, or has friends who have had the disease. Links to cancer support groups and cancer information

Cancer Support Guides

http://www.patientcenters.com/

CAREERS

Career Exploration Links

http://online.onetcenter.org/find/

This is a superb source for all university people. You'll enjoy their approach.

Monster.com

http://www.monster.com/

This is the premier commercial site. You will find it very valuable to explore and understand their information. You will learn and you will have a valuable resource for your clients.

Career Resource Page

http://careerresource.coedu.usf.edu/index.html

This web page provides information about Internet resources to students and individuals interested in developing a career plan and exploring career options. This page is intended to provide additional tools to students, career specialists, and individuals interested in career resources. This page is not intended to replace the job conducted by career professionals.

CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Web Resources for Counseling Children

http://www.emma.suffolk.lib.ny.us

The Emma Clark library has assembled a comprehensive set of links and references for work with children.

Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/violence.cfm

The National Institute of Mental Health Guide. You'll find it highly detailed.

Child Abuse, Missing Children, and Incest Links

http://www.ncvc.org/links/Caam.htm

COMMUNITY COUNSELING

Community Counseling Center of Las Vegas

www.searchfusion.com

Visit a community counseling center and see their many activities.

Community Psychology.net

http://www.communitypsychology.net/#links

Here you will find a vast array of possibilities… this is a searchable site.

COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY THEORIES

(Person-centered, Frankl’s Logotherapy and Meaning Issues, Decisional Counseling and Problem-Solving Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Multimodal Therapy, Brief Therapy, Psychoanalytic Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, Feminist Therapy)

Counseling and Psychotherapy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counseling

Counseling/Therapy Theories

http://www.guidetopsychology.com/txtypes.htm

Person-Centered Counseling

Person-Centered Organization

http://www.personcentered.org

Person-Centered Counseling

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_centered_counselling

Carl Rogers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Rogers

Frankl’s Logotherapy and Meaning Issues

Viktor Frankl Institute

http://logotherapy.univie.ac.at/

A detailed summary of logotherapy and its many possibilities.

Viktor Frankl at 90: An Interview

http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9504/scully.html

An amazing and important figure in counseling and psychotherapy.

International Network on Personal Meaning

http://www.meaning.ca/links/meaning_links.html

A vast array of resources relating to meaning issues.

Decisional Counseling and Problem-Solving Counseling

Smoking and Decisions

http://horan.asu.edu/cfedm/chapter5.php

Jay Haley on Problem-Solving Counseling

http://www.jay-haley-on-therapy.com/html/problem_solving_therapy.html

A Therapist Looks at Problem Solving

http://www.helpyourselftherapy.com/topics/ps_rblks.html

Cognitive Behavioral Theory

Counseling/Therapy Theories

http://www.guidetopsychology.com/txtypes.htm

Thought stopping

http://www.ucs.umn.edu/counsel/depression3.html

Thought stopping

http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/academic/counseling/worry.asp

Guided imagery

http://www.ulm.edu/mft/guideimage.rtf

Guided Imagery Sites

http://www.google.com/Top/Health/Mental_Health/Counseling_Services/Expressive_Therapies/

Guided_Imagery/

Assertiveness

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assertiveness

Anger Management

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anger_management

Assertiveness Training

http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmeap/stress8.html

The Beck Institute

http://www.beckinstitute.org/

Multimodal Therapy

http://www.continuingeducation.com/psychology/mmtherapy/

Brief Therapy and Solution-Oriented Approaches

Lankton and Associates

http://lankton.com/

Brief Therapy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brief_therapy

Brief counseling

http://www.ulm.edu/mft/guideimage.rtf

Solution Focused Brief Counseling

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solution_Focused_Brief_Counseling

Psychodynamic Theory

The Freud Museum

http://www.freud-museum.at/e/

Counseling and Psychotherapy Links to Psychodynamic Theory

http://wps.ablongman.com/ab_ivey_counseling_5/0,1812,41150-,00.html

Gestalt Therapy

Gestalt

http://www.newyorkgestalt.org/

Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy

The Albert Ellis Institute

http://www.rebt.org/

Integrative Therapy

Integrative Therapy Articles

http://www.integrativetherapy.com/en/articles.php

Define Integrative Therapy

www.integrativetherapy.com/en/articles.php?id=32

Feminist Therapy Guides

http://ahpweb.org/rowan_bibliography/chapter16.html

http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/228/context/archive

http://www.mayhospi.com/PersonalCare/FeministTherapy.asp

CRISIS AND TRAUMA

National Center for PTSD

http://www.ncptsd.org

A comprehensive view of issues of trauma.

The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress

http://www.aaets.org/

Another comprehensive source of information.

Psych Works/Managing Traumatic Stress

http://www.psychworks.com

Common reactions expected in clients who may be dealing with trauma.

UCLA Center for Mental Health in Schools

http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu

Click for information on working with children on issues of crisis and trauma.

American Academy of Pediatrics

http://www.aap.org/default.htm

Helping children and adolescents deal with crisis.

The Center for Mental Health Services

http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications/allpubs/ADM90-538

Training Manual for Mental Health and Human Service Workers in Major Disaster

Managing Traumatic Stress: Tips for Recovering From Disasters and Other Traumatic Events

http://www.apahelpcenter.org/articles/article.php?id=22

The American Psychological Association provides some very helpful guidance for coping with extreme stress

DEATH AND DYING

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

http://www.elisabethkublerross.com/

This is her personal site and you can gain a sense of her wisdom on many of life’s personal issues.

Loss in Late Life

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/316/7142/1452

Old age can be seen as a succession of losses, gradual or sudden. This can be helpful in counseling elders.

DISABILITY

The Disabled People’s Association Singapore

http://www.dpa.org.sg/home.htm

This carefully designed site is updated frequently and provides information on most types of disability. While developed in Singapore, it covers important sites throughout the world. Many would prefer that the title should be the “People with Disabilities Association”, thus using current language. Perhaps by the time you reach this site, the name will have changed.

National AIDS Hotlines & Resources

http://www.thebody.com/hotlines/national.html

National Council on Disability

http://www.ncd.gov/

ETHICS

Marriage and Family Therapy

www.aamft.org

American Counseling Assoc.

www.counseling.org

American Psychological Assoc.

www.apa.org

British Assoc. for Counselling

www.bacp.co.uk

Canadian Counselling Assoc.

www.ccacc.ca

Human Service Education

www.nohse.com

National Assoc, of Social Work

www.naswdc.org

New Zealand Assoc. Counsellors

www.nzac.org.nz

Society of Interamerican Psychology (SIP) Website

http://www.sipsych.org/grupoetica

FAMILY COUNSELING AND THERAPY

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

http://www.aamft.org/

and

The International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors

http://www.iamfc.com/index.htm

These two associations provide information and links to the family counseling profession.

Genealogy.com

http://www.genealogy.com/index_n.html

You can generate your own family tree and search family history at this site.

Family Search

http://www.familysearch.org/

The Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints presents the premier site for serious genealogy searches.

Family Immigration History Center

http://www.ellisisland.org/

If you are a US citizen your family were immigrants, important site may help you identify the specific ship and other information concerning their coming to the United States.

Many useful family links

http://www.google.com

Key in the words family or family genealogy and you will find many useful links on Google.

FEMINIST COUNSELING AND WOMEN’S ISSUES

Jean Baker Miller Training Institute

http://www.wellesley.edu/JBMTI/index.html

This Institute at Wellesley College has been central in the development of the self-in-relation, also known as "being-in-relation."

Feminist Therapy

http://ahpweb.org/rowan_bibliography/chapter16.html

A good summary of a major contribution to theory in counseling and psychotherapy.

Sunshine for Women: Links Galore

http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/links.html

Exactly what it says. More links than you would think possible.

GAY/LESBIAN/BISEXUAL/TRANSGENDERED/HETEROSEXUAL/TRANSGENDERED AND BISEXUAL

Sexual Orientation

http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/publications/justthefacts.html

http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/guidelines.html

Sexual Orientation and Science

http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/

Gay.com

http://www.gay.com/index.html

Gay/lesbian discrimination

http://www.glaad.org/

!OutProud!

http://www.outproud.org

A comprehensive and concise summary. Very good for an introduction in this area.

Sexual Orientation, Science, Education, and Policy

http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/

An immense amount of information and seemingly endless links.

Google: Heterosexual Esteem

http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Sexuality/Heterosexual_Esteem/

The typical Google set of megalinks

HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Health psychology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_psychology

INTERVIEWING

Interviewing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interviewing

Definitions and a good discussion

MEDIATION

Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management

http://www.state.oh.us/cdr/resources.htm

This is an exceptional site with comprehensive links to many related areas.

ADR Resources on Mediation

http://adrr.com/

Stephen Marsh is a mediator in Dallas, Texas. He has developed a very valuable site including many essays on important topics.

MENS’ ISSUES

Links to Men's Resources

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/6708/menlinks.html

Extensive information.

Men's Resources

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/6708/menlinks.html

MICROSKILL RELATED LINKS

Attending Behavior: Basic to Communication

http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/M/Lawrence.J.Marshall-1/InterviewingNotes.html

An excellent summary.

Active Listening: Center for Rural Studies

http://crs.uvm.edu/gopher/nerl/personal/comm/e.html

Reflection of feeling is an important part of active listening. You will find several useful exercises here that appear to be based on microskills history and research.

EQ Informational Site on Emotions, Emotional Intelligence,Teen Suicide & More

http://eqi.org/

A superb site for all information on emotional experience. You can get definitions, practice ideas, information about neuropsychology and brain functioning, and many other issues.

College Counseling Questions

http://www.benjaminschool.com/upper/CollegeCounseling/InterviewQuestions.htm

Logical Consequences

http://www.mslbd.org/Logical_Consequences_FDC3B.pdf

Positive Discipline

http://www.positivediscipline.com/articles_teacher/index.html

Smoking and Advice

http://cqweb.bjc.org/Controls/graph.aspx?companynum=H002&cat=AMI&ind=AMI-4

Empathy: Definition

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy