One morning last May, 10 students and two instructors from across California gathered on Zoom to talk about empathy. Empathy, said instructor Elizabeth Morrison, is often undervalued. But it’s a ...

The training informs participants about counseling ethics, grief, trauma, addictions, family dynamics, and suicide prevention. Most importantly, participants learn what lay helpers are qualified and ...

Facing a scarcity of licensed clinicians and the challenges of the mental health crisis, Stanislaus County officials think layperson counselors could serve a purpose. County Behavioral Health and ...

The escalating mental health crisis of recent decades has brought increasing rates of addiction, suicide, and debilitating symptoms of depression and anxiety. In many places, there are insufficient ...