The Connect Counseling Blog

Resources, reflections, and guidance from our founder, Dr. Rachel Hughes.

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Client Pushback Isn't Resistance (and the Field Already Knows It)

Rachel Hughes 8/26/26 Rachel Hughes 8/26/26

Client Pushback Isn't Resistance (and the Field Already Knows It)

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Diagnostic Overshadowing: When a Label Blocks New Care

Rachel Hughes 8/19/26 Rachel Hughes 8/19/26

Diagnostic Overshadowing: When a Label Blocks New Care

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Why Common Therapist Phrases May Fail Your Client

Rachel Hughes 8/12/26 Rachel Hughes 8/12/26

Why Common Therapist Phrases May Fail Your Client

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What "Defiant" Actually Means — and the Racial Disparity in Who Gets That Label

Rachel Hughes 7/14/26 Rachel Hughes 7/14/26

What "Defiant" Actually Means — and the Racial Disparity in Who Gets That Label

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Five Things I Stopped Writing in Clinical Notes (And What I Write Instead)

Rachel Hughes 7/1/26 Rachel Hughes 7/1/26

Five Things I Stopped Writing in Clinical Notes (And What I Write Instead)

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When “Good Therapy” Becomes a Barrier (and How to Fix This)

Rachel Hughes 4/6/26 Rachel Hughes 4/6/26

When “Good Therapy” Becomes a Barrier (and How to Fix This)

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