The Advocate 2022
VOL . 46 , NO . 1 www . amhca . org
DEPARTMENTS
• MEMBER REFLECTIONS / page 2 COVID & ME : My Covid Journey — From Reality to Unreality and Back
By Kathie Erwin , EdD , NCC , NCGC
• AMHCA CERTIFICATIONS / page 7 Advance Your Career With an AMHCA Certification — You may already qualify for one ! By Greggus Yahr , PhD , DCMHC
• CLINICIAN ’ S DIGEST / page 9 Research includes items on : Mental health provider client preferences / Raised heart rate triggers anxiety / Exercise can beat therapy and medication for depression / Fasting spurs judicial leniency / Breathwork and mood / Neuroscience disproves a rape myth / Parents ’ feelings on feelings / Human – AI collaboration Compiled by Kathleen McCarthy
INSIDE AMHCA / page 6
• At Last ! Medicare-Approved Provider Status is signed into law by President Biden
• AMHCA Interim CEO / ED Honored by ALCA Dr . Beverly Smith wins the Fannie R . Cooley Award for Distinguished Professional Development
• Advance Your Profession by Serving on an AMHCA Committee
The President ‘ s Perspective / page 4 You Are Valued , and Your Work Matters !
By Fredrick Dombrowski , PhD , LMHC , CASAC , LPC , LADC , NCC , CCMHC , MAC , ACS , BC-TMH , HS-BCP , ICADC , DCMHS : 46 th AMHCA President , 2022 – 2023
COLUMNS
FEATURE ARTICLES
SPECIAL FOCUS : GRIEF
THE GARISH SUN — UNDERSTANDING THE AFTERMATH OF SUICIDE LOSS / page 11 Lived experience of suicide bereavement reveals three prominent themes for how their grieving differs from other loss and grief : sorrow and grief , trauma , and complicated bereavement . By Judith Harrington , PhD , LPC-S , LMFT
UNAPOLEGETIC : TRAUMA-INFORMED THERAPEUTIC GRIEF SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS / page 15 Gain a renewed understanding of grief , the impact of culture , and the difference between support skills and treatment skills — while helping the grieving children and teens you work with By Erica D . Ogletree , LPCC-S , CSOTP , CTRP-CT , TGCTA-CT
SOLUTION-FOCUSED BRIEF THERAPY WITH GRIEVING EASTERN ORTHODOX ARABS / page 20 The grief response of these clients may include unfamiliar religious traditions and non-Western ideas related to death , mourning , and afterlife . This article includes clinical recommendations By ( counterclockwise ) Eman Tadros , PhD ; Marram Salman , LPC ; and Abrea Ramadan
From the Interim CEO / ED / page 5 Moving Through Grief With Resiliency By Beverly Smith , PhD , LPC , NCC , CCMHC , ACS , NCSC , CFT , HS-BCP , BCC , MAC , BC-TMH , CCTP , BCPCC : AMHCA Immediate Past President , 2022 – 2023 , and Interim CEO / ED
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