Sleep is so important that almost every single diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Health Disorders (or DSM) has a disrupted sleep component to it. That's why I ask every client about sleep on the initial paperwork when entering counseling. I have conversations about sleep so frequently in counseling sessions, I decided I needed to gain more information and new ways to explain what happens while we are sleeping. There happened to be a great article about this topic in the November issue Counseling Today, a periodical published by the American Counseling Association.
The healing power of setting foot in a counselor's office...it's a thing.
A client and I were recently wondering "Is there a name for this?" I don't recall learning about it in school, or reading research about it. I don't recall a textbook definition of one word that sums it up. |
AuthorKambria Kennedy-Dominguez, LPC-S |