Legislative Updates

Beyond Resilience—The Next Frontier of Counselor Wellness

While resilience is a hallmark of counseling, an important question remains: What exactly are counselors being asked to be resilient against? For years, conversations about counselor wellness have appropriately focused on self-care, boundaries...

Federal Court Blocks Student Loan Rule Affecting Counseling Students

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Education from implementing a new rule that would have restricted access to higher federal student loan limits for students in counseling and other graduate health professions.

Department of Health & Human Services Summit on Mental Health and Overmedicalization

The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Institute hosted a summit titled, “Mental Health and Overmedicalization.” During his closing remarks, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kennedy introduced a plan to “promote appropriate...

New Data Shows Lack of Parity Between Mental and Physical Health Care

Kennedy Forum, Third Horizon, American Medical Association, American Psychological Association, and Ballmer Group analyzed data from four major insurance providers.

ACA Endorses Bill to Raise Medicare Reimbursement for Counselors

On March 25, Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Chris Coons (D-DE), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Maggie Hassan.