Archive for June 2009

“I am not the protesting type”

It is the end of June and a busy time for me, but it is nothing unusual for a doctoral student trying to raise money before the semester begins again, typical. But a few days ago I received an invitation to attend a protest entitled “Where is my vote?” in honor of those who have [...]

Is it okay to “Google” your client?

So, let’s talk about this.  I read an article recently: Internet Social Media Present New Quandaries for Psychiatrists published May 15th in the Psychiatric Times (http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/conference-reports/apa2009/display/article/10168/1414489). Since then, I have had a couple of provocative discussions with workshop participants.  This article is geared toward psychiatrists, but clearly this is an issue that can crop up [...]

What do students want?

My area of interest is Multicultural Counseling. I have an amazing mentor, Dr. Courtland Lee who has encouraged me to be as active as possible within the profession. This encouragement and support has led me to meet amazing individuals and most importantly, I have been given the opportunity to participate in dialogue about the future [...]

Oh, the places we will go

It is fifteen years since I completed graduate school. Times have changed and so has the counseling profession. Here I sit in 2009, perched on my sofa, laptop in hand, blogging with my ACA colleagues who are miles away in other parts of the country. We bring our collective knowledge to cyberspace and share. In [...]