From familial problems to work issues, from financial struggles to mental health, addiction and substance abuse issues, life can at times feel overwhelming. EAP counselors — counselors provided ...

Children are behind in social skills and struggling with emotional health, counselors say. They suggest eight ways to help. By Claire Cain Miller Claire Cain Miller writes about gender and families ...

When U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy issued a public health advisory this month on protecting youth mental health, he brought attention to the widespread challenges facing today’s young people.

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One morning last May, 10 students and two instructors from across California gathered on Zoom to talk about empathy. Empathy, said instructor Elizabeth Morrison, is often undervalued. But it’s a ...

Alma Lopez, a counselor at Livingston Middle School in Livingston, Calif., went to college almost by chance. The daughter of Mexican immigrants growing up in a predominately white, rural neighborhood, ...

These are the words of school counselors across America: ‘Kids have the highest level of anxiety I’ve ever seen: anxiety about basic safety and fear of what could happen.’ Susan Julien, Fall River ...