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Nelson Maldonado-Torres, PhD, challenged ACA conference attendees to reflect on how counseling can empower people to think critically about themselves and others.

Using mindfulness, along with cognitive behavior therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy, can help clients with obsessive-compulsive disorder manage their compulsive thoughts, feelings and behaviors.

“How could you have been so stupid?” was what my clinical supervisor asked me early in my career as a counselor. This was after I questioned the fit of a model of treatment for a particular family and contacted our consultant with my concerns.