Counseling is advice, instruction, or help offered by one person in order to direct the actions, thoughts, or opinions of another. The word "counseling" can be used in many ways, but often is used in the context of mental health care. Counseling...

Counselling psychology is an applied psychological discipline concerned with generating, applying and disseminating knowledge on the remediation and prevention of disturbed human functioning in a variety of settings (Brown and Lent 1992). It has been a...

The noose found dangling from professor Madonna Constantine's office door was a deeply personal insult to the Columbia University scholar devoted to improving race relations.The ugly incident left her stunned, but also determined to continue her work exploring ways to identify and combat racism."I want...

Not long ago, Lisa Nichols took her three boys to see the polar bear exhibit at the zoo. They were waiting in line when another kid walked up, put two hands on her 5-year-old's shoulders and shoved him out of the way.Nichols says she promptly...

EDITOR'S NOTE — As many states rethink get-tough statutes that made it easier to send juvenile offenders to adult court and prison, Missouri's pioneering reforms are getting increasing attention. Last in a series of stories on changes in juvenile justice.By TODD LEWANAP National WriterMONTGOMERY CITY,...

At age 9, Korey Davis came home from school with gang writing on his arm. At 10, he jacked his first car. At 13, he and some buddies got guns, used them to relieve a man of his Jeep, and later, while trying to outrun...