Little Boys With No Ears: Innocence Lost

Posted on September 2, 2010, 9:18 am | 114 views | No comments

Natosha Monroe

Today I’m writing about something that is very disturbing and not uncommon here in Afghanistan. It’s not pleasant to write about, but I feel an obligation to do so since I’m here and seeing the realities for myself. I hope that sharing this information with those in my field will help in some way—if not directly, perhaps at least by gaining a better understanding of what the Afghan people must endure and also to better understand the frustration of U.S. Troops who return from this environment.

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Adopting Altina

Posted on September 1, 2010, 4:22 pm | 92 views | No comments

Pete Saunders

She is four years old. Within minutes after her birth, her mother died. Ten months later, her father died. Altina’s nine other siblings went to the care of aunts, uncles and a grandparent. Nobody wanted Altina. They felt she was responsible for the death of her mother. So, they were ready to place her in foster care. Barely a toddler and Altina already experienced almost unimaginable loss and deprivation.

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Inequities In Job Opportunities For Counselors-Part I

Posted on September 1, 2010, 4:15 pm | 178 views | 2 comments

Robbin Miller

I am experiencing extreme frustration in looking for jobs in the healthcare industry. In my neck of the woods, these jobs are only being advertised to social workers due to their training in the medical arena in graduate school and in their internships. Fortunately, I obtained professional work experiences since 1996 working in this industry as a Care Manager; Independent Living Specialist; and Community Organizer for elders and for persons with disabilities in different job avenues.

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Old Is The New Young

Posted on August 31, 2010, 9:15 am | 163 views | 1 comment

Karen Bates

Do people really change? Or is it more of a problem in adapting or transitioning from one developmental stage to another? I ask this question because of the recent behavior of the elderly that I have been noticing of late. Upon vacationing at my mother’s retirement home she had build 7 years ago in a well populated and popular adult community near Hilton Head, one of the discussions was the rise in sexually transmitted diseases. She is a retired public health nurse but she didn’t find this out by reading her professional publications that she still subscribes to. And NO she did not contract one. Her twin sister’s physician raised an eyebrow while making small talk when my mother and her sister (my aunt) were there for a follow-up visit for my aunt who was having some recent health problems after some exploratory procedure she had. My mother accompanies her to a lot of these as they are very close; well they are twins so that’s part of it. So back to the subject of my mother’s community now known as a “city” of ill-refute.

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I Can’t Do That, I’m Too Old

Posted on August 31, 2010, 9:04 am | 96 views | 1 comment

Carol Whiteley

Many people feel they are powerless to do anything effective with their lives.* It takes courage to break out of the settled mold, but most find conformity more comfortable. *This is why the opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it’s conformity. *As quoted in Think and Grow Rich by Dennis Kimbro and Napoleon Hill

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Et Tu Dr. Laura?

Posted on August 30, 2010, 9:33 am | 220 views | 4 comments

Ken Oliver

There’s no doubt that many of you have heard about Dr. Laura Schlessinger’s unfortunate rant in which she repeatedly used racial epithets while interacting with a caller. Dr. Laura, the infamous talk-radio personality, subsequently issued an apology for using the word. Her apology, which was viewed suspiciously by many, was followed by a defiant touting of her First Amendment right to free speech and an announcement that she would be ending her longstanding radio show—well, at least in its current format. Barring the fact that the First Amendment has nothing to do with this case (i.e., since the government did nothing to silence the radio host), and that Dr. Laura seemed to have her own agenda with the N-word, and that her PhD is in Physiology, I don’t really have a problem with her. Wait, wait… let me explain why.

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Don’t Scold Me For Bringing You Flowers!

Posted on August 30, 2010, 8:49 am | 176 views | 4 comments

Diana Pitaru

I am not an American; I was born and raised in Romania and although I have American citizenship, I don’t identify as one. I moved to the states 6 years ago and even though it may not seem long, my transition (assimilation) into the American culture has not been easy, well it is not easy since I am still trying to adapt. You can see then, where my interest in multicultural counseling comes from: experience mainly, experience that taught me a lot about being aware of who I am, the importance of where I am from, and what my role is here.

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Shame, Guilt, and Embarrassment

Posted on August 26, 2010, 2:37 pm | 366 views | 4 comments

Kathy Renfree

Last week when I came home from my work at a community mental health clinic, I was exhausted. I made sure that I took time to soothe myself and not make any decisions or have any frank talks that evening. Sure, that helped some, but I could not puzzle out what triggered the exhaustion.

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