Counselors Without Borders has been selected by the American Psychological Association Society for Counseling Psychology (Division 17) Awards Committee and Executive Board as the winner of the 2023 Society of Counseling Psychology International Award for the Advancement of Counseling Psychology Values. The International Award seeks to recognize the bring attention to notable collective work focused …
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Mar 27 2021
Counselors Without Borders – Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
The U.S./Mexico borders have experienced significant changes since 2016, including the practice of metering, the Prompt Asylum Claim Review (PACR), the Humanitarian Asylum Review Process (HARP), a ban on asylum seekers who traveled through Mexico, and culminating in the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), colloquially referred to as Remain in Mexico. The policy requires individuals and …
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Mar 29 2018
Puerto Rico: The Power of Community Healing
Whenever the winds blow over the island, some Puerto Ricans immediately start to worry. The scars of the devastating category-5 Hurricane Maria that hit the island last September are still fresh in the minds of many people. Maria is the most logistically challenging disaster in U.S. history. The hurricane left at least 65 people dead, …
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Mar 29 2018
Mason Team Helps Heal Scars From Disaster
Fred Bemak remembers all the hugs and tears. They inevitably come, he said, when his Counselors Without Borders team is on location helping hundreds—sometimes thousands—of people healing from the emotional scars of a disaster. “It’s the person who is grabbing and hugging you, thanking you for being there,” the George Mason University professor said. “That’s …
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Feb 22 2018
CWB Director Receives Outstanding Faculty Award from State
Fred Bemak, a professor and academic program coordinator of George Mason University’s counseling and development program, is a recipient of a 2018 Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV). Bemak, in the College of Education and Human Development, is one of 12 recipients selected from 83 nominees, and the …
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Feb 21 2018
Counseling Support to Indigenous Communities in Peru
In June of 2014, Counselors Without Borders and the Graduate Counseling Program from George Mason University sponsored an 11-day cross-cultural summer program in Peru. Our group was made of 12 graduate counseling students, led by Dr. Fred Bemak, Dr. Rita Chi-Ying Chung, and doctoral student Ricardo Sanchez. Peru is known for being one of the …
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Sep 27 2013
Counselors Without Borders Featured on GMU.edu
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Mar 21 2011
CWB Work with DC Japanese Mental Health Network
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