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Key Ethical Implications of Substitute Decision-Making & Guardianship

March 18 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Healthcare professionals across disciplines routinely face situations in which patients are unable to provide informed consent due to impaired or fluctuating decision-making capacity. These circumstan...

Ethics in Action: Applying Ethical Standards in Financial Counseling

March 26 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT
Ethical practice is essential to effective financial counseling education. Designed for financial counselors, educators, and military family service providers, this session examines the Military Stand...

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Evidence-Based Interventions for Supporting Military Spouse Career Development

January 22 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST
Military spouses face a unique set of challenges that can make career development especially difficult. Frequent relocations, deployments, childcare responsibilities, and irregular service member sche...

Reframing Feedback: A Practice for Receiving Criticism Well

January 22 @ 6:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
Subscribe to the “Practicing Connection” monthly email to keep up to date on our latest podcasts, blog posts and workshops. Join the "Practicing Connection Community" on LinkedIn. The community i...

From One Season to the Next: A New Chapter for Practicing Connection

January 22 @ 6:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
Subscribe to the “Practicing Connection” monthly email to keep up to date on our latest podcasts, blog posts and workshops. Join the "Practicing Connection Community" on LinkedIn. The community i...

Recent Blogs

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Building Resilience Through Problem-Solving Skills

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Problem-solving is more than fixing what’s broken—it’s a core skill for staying calm, thinking clearly, and adapting when challenges show up at work or in training. This blog breaks down the difference between everyday and professional problem-solving, offers simple reflection and practice tools, and shares strategies for providers to teach…

Supporting Military Spouse Employment: Cognitive Information Processing Career Theory

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Military spouses face frequent relocations, systemic barriers, and emotional strain, making career growth challenging. This post explores how cognitive information processing (CIP) theory offers an evidence-based framework for addressing both the practical and psychological dimensions of career decision-making. By integrating structure, self-knowledge, and emotional awareness, CIP provides career practitioners with…
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Financial Secrets in Relationships: Implications for Counselors and Financial Educators

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Financial secrecy, whether it’s hidden debt, undisclosed spending, or secret savings, can be a source of conflict in relationships, creating rifts that spill into financial and therapeutic counseling sessions. When couples avoid discussing money or start keeping financial secrets, the consequences can have ripple effects in other areas of their…
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Building Resilience Through Teamwork Skills

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Teamwork is about more than working with others; it’s about building cooperation, trust, and shared responsibility. When you can reliably contribute to a team, you build confidence. That confidence helps you bounce back from challenges. In other words, strong teamwork supports resilience. In many workplaces, jobs aren’t done alone. Employers…