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The Food Allergy Counselor

Curious about food allergy counseling? Find answers to common questions from a licensed therapist and explore when therapy may be beneficial

[May 2024 Update - Some of the resources mentioned within this article are now located on the Academy of Food Allergy Counseling's...

Learn about the T.R.A.C.E. tool to help you rebuild food allergy management confidence after anaphylaxis. (T.R.A.C.E. was developed by licen

When an allergic patient or parent of a child managing an allergy reaches out for therapy, it's important for me to learn how the allergy...

Food Allergy Awareness Week (FAAW) 2021 may be over, but the education and advocacy efforts won't stop! Together, we will continue to...

Since starting the Food Allergy Counselor Directory and website in 2018, I routinely get emails from counseling and psychology graduate...

I'm very excited about this announcement. Not only does it relate to topics I am passionate about, but it's also a resource that I think...

By now, phrases like "social distancing" and "flatten the curve" are commonplace due to the current Coronavirus pandemic. Bombarded with...

CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT 2019 IS ALMOST OVER?! As this year comes to a close, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the past year and give...

Does anyone else feel that time flies by so quickly sometimes that you suddenly realize it's been months since you've last worked on a...

You realize your anxiety levels are rising to a level that impacts your daily life, and nothing you're doing seems to be helping. An...

The food allergy community continues to express a need to focus more on the mental/behavioral health needs of individuals and families...

When an editor for the American Counseling Association's online magazine, Counseling Today, reached out to me a couple of months ago to...

(If you're reading this, you've likely already read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of the "4 Things Counselors Should Know About Food...

(If you're reading this, you've likely already read Part 1 of the "4 Things Counselors Should Know About Food Allergies" series.  If not,...

(If you're reading this, you've likely already read Part 1 and Part 2 of the "4 Things Counselors Should Know About Food Allergies"...

As counseling professionals, we aren't supposed to know how to work with every kind of client. Rather, many of us have specific areas of...