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Why Choose a CRC for Mental Health Services?

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. While the conversation around mental well-being is more public and common today, it still deserves space for consideration. Certified Rehabilitation Counselors work with individuals with all types of disability. Although it's sometimes considered its own area,...
Exploring Deaf Culture with CRCs

Exploring Deaf Culture with CRCs

  In September, we celebrate International Week of Deaf People 2025, a time dedicated to educating and spreading awareness about Deaf culture. We asked Certified Rehabilitation Counselors (CRCs) affiliated with the Deaf community to share their knowledge and...

Who We Are: Professional Identity for CRCs

Who We Are: Professional Identity for CRCs

If you work in rehabilitation counseling long enough, you’ll hear the phrase “best kept secret” used to describe this profession. While it is true that the impact of Certified Rehabilitation Counselors is a treasure chest waiting to be unburied by employers,...

Practicing Self-Care All Year Round: Self-Care Tips from CRCs

Practicing Self-Care All Year Round: Self-Care Tips from CRCs

Summer is a good time to take your vacation days, go outside, and take a step back from the craziness life can bring. Taking care of ourselves shouldn’t end in the summer; we should carry that relaxing summer mindset throughout the entire year. Self-care tips are...

Counselor Burnout: Ways to Recharge for Rehabilitation Counselors

Counselor Burnout: Ways to Recharge for Rehabilitation Counselors

As a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC), you are doing very emotionally demanding work that is so rewarding, but it can take a toll on you. Counselor burnout is not something you want to face, but it might happen due to the nature of your work. You are...

CRC Stories – The Power of Your Perspective

How did you learn about rehabilitation counseling or Certified Rehabilitation Counselors? It's likely that it's because of someone telling you a story. Perhaps it was about the experience they had receiving service. Maybe it was an educator who encouraged you to...

Celebrating Disability Pride Month 2025

Celebrating Disability Pride Month 2025

This month, CRCC joins millions of others in observing Disability Pride Month 2025, and this is a time to recognize and celebrate the history and achievements of the disability community. Disability Pride month started in July of 1990 when the Americans with...