A recent development in professional mental health counseling is the use of technology for mental health services. Recently, notably during the COVID-19 epidemic, online counseling, sometimes referred to as teletherapy, has grown in popularity. Teletherapy improves accessibility to mental health treatment, especially for people who live in underserved or remote areas. Additionally, it may be more useful and adaptive for patients with busy schedules.

In professional mental health counseling, promoting positive psychology and strengths-based approaches is a critical area of focus. This comprises helping individuals recognize their own strengths and talents so they may use them to get through challenges and achieve their goals. Positive psychology techniques like gratitude journals and mindfulness-based positive treatments can also help people feel better and be more resilient.

Clinical mental health counseling requires ongoing professional development and introspection to ensure that counselors provide the best care possible. To maintain self-awareness and prevent burnout, this may require taking continuing education courses, asking for supervision or counsel, and going to individual therapy sessions.