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Research-Based Summaries of Best Practices

Practice Briefs are short, peer-reviewed articles on a wide variety of client-presenting issues and counseling topics. Originally developed by the Practice Brief Advisory Board and written by experts in the field, the Briefs present research-based summaries of best practices, evidence-based practices and research-based approaches. Each Practice Brief is several pages in length, includes references, and has been peer-reviewed by two co-editors before being accepted for publication. They can serve as quick go-to guides for the clinician needing to brush up on an old idea or gather new information.

Counseling Bereaved Children and Adolescents
According to the children’s bereavement estimation model (CBEM; Judi’s House/JAG Institute, 2018), it is expected that 1 in 15 children will experience the death of a parent or sibling by age 18 years.
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Counseling Children Experiencing Grief
Many children experience the loss or death of a parent, sibling, grandparent, and even a pet during their formative childhood years. Grief is a normal emotional reaction to loss and death.
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- Grief & Loss
- Special Considerations
Grief and Loss
Grief can be defined as the “emotion, generated by an experience of loss and characterized by sorrow and/or distress and the personal and interpersonal experience of loss” (Humphrey, 2009, p.5).
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- Grief & Loss
- Special Considerations
Hoarding Disorder
Hoarding disorder (HD) was recently added as a distinct mental health diagnosis in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental and Emotional Disorders (DSM-5; APA, 2013).
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- Grief & Loss
- Special Considerations

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Research-Based Summaries of Best Practices

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