Dr. Phil Clarke, Associate Professor of Counseling, sits down with Dr. Robert Casares to discuss fundamental principles and guidelines for practicing wellness counseling.

Other topics include: what inspired and motivated Dr. Clarke to author a book on wellness, the importance of taking a holistic approach to helping clients, modeling wellness for students, and how wellness is exhibited by the WFU counseling department faculty.

For more information about Dr. Clarke's book, please visit:

http://bit.ly/Clarke-Wellness-Book

Dr. Jennifer Rogers, Assistant Professor of Counseling, talks with hosts Dr. Shannon Warden and Dr. Bob Nations about her recently published research on clinical supervision and the process of offering constructive feedback to graduate counseling students.

Other topics include: how relationship patterns formed during infancy and early-childhood impact development and carry into adulthood, how student cognitive distortions can increase the difficulty of receiving corrective feedback from a supervisor, the nature and purpose of the feedback delivered throughout the clinical training process at WFU, and the necessity of recognizing and addressing your growth edges.

Dr. Mark Scholl, Associate Professor of Counseling, talks with hosts Dr. Shannon Warden and Dr. Bob Nations about his recently published book: Postmodern Perspectives on Contemporary Counseling Issues: Approaches Across Diverse Settings.

Other topics include: collaborative career counseling approaches, innovations in counseling theory, his community work facilitating an ex-offender career support group, humanistic counseling, and how small changes can lead to dramatic changes in counseling and in life.

For more information about Dr. Scholl's book, please visit: http://bit.ly/NewSchollText

Dr. Debbie Newsome, Associate Professor of Counseling and Associate Dean for Students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, talks with hosts Dr. Shannon Warden and Dr. Bob Nations about the evolution of the counseling profession.

Other topics include: Wake Forest's Health and Human Services undergraduate minor, the growing need for clinical mental health counselors in America, the rewarding opportunities available to new and seasoned clinicians, the importance of lifelong learning and ongoing professional development, and striving (and sometimes struggling) to achieve work life balance and attend to self-care.

For more information about WFU's Health and Human Services minor:

https://counseling.graduate.wfu.edu/programs/undergraduate-minor/

Dr. Cheyenne Carter talks with hosts Dr. Shannon Warden and Dr. Bob Nations about running a private practice. Topics include: pros and cons of joining a group practice vs. establishing a private practice, financial opportunities and professional challenges, accepting insurance vs. private pay, scheduling and work life balance, and the importance of setting realistic expectations.

Dr. Cheyenne Carter talks with hosts Dr. Shannon Warden and Dr. Bob Nations about running a private practice. Topics include: networking and developing referral sources, marketing, strengthening professional relationships within your community, and the importance of raising awareness about available mental health services.

Dr. Isabel Farrell is a new faculty member in the MA Counseling Program at Wake Forest University. Listen to this podcast to learn more about Dr. Farrell's path to the counseling profession, her research interests and advocacy work, and her experiences as a Spanish-speaking clinician.

Learn more about the Wake Forest University Online Counseling MA Program: http://counseling.graduate.wfu.edu/

Faculty member Dr. Cheyenne Carter discusses the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration as a helping professional with Wake Forest alumni and Start Gallery leader, Jamie Canon.

Dr. Robert Casares and Dr. Cheyenne Carter discuss with Dr. Shannon Warden and Dr. Bob Nations the multiple pathways into the counseling field and the benefits of having individuals from varied backgrounds joining the profession.

Dr. Robert Casares talks with hosts Dr. Shannon Warden and Dr. Bob Nations about the professional development of students as counselors-in-training.