“One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and get away with it.” ~ Margaret Mead. We know that homes with family members who have domestic violence charges often have an animal abuser in the home. Sometimes those animal abusers are children. Statistics show [...]
I promised you that my next blog would be on the third item on my list of exciting opportunities for counselors working in our “brave new world”: Online Training & Education Options. Well… here it is! My guess is that at least several times each month you get emails, postcards, flyers, and brochures that outline [...]
My wife and I refer to actions that add or detract from the quality of our relationship as deposits into or withdrawals out of our relationship account. We want to regularly make deposits and make as few withdrawals as possible. We want to keep the balance very high to keep our happiness in our marriage [...]
Single mom, working, raising two or more children. The children have behavioral problems manifested at school which garnered referral for them for services and for the mom to attend counseling to improve parenting and deal with her own issues which often include depression, anxiety and some history of abuse of some kind. This is a [...]
Adolescent clients often have a hard time making good decisions, so I developed a little something that has helped me help them. I call it my “$100.00 Decisions” exercise. I’ll walk you through how I present it to a young man. I ask him to picture someone he knows who is two or three years [...]
Last time my blog was quite a DOWNER! Most of us are very aware of the changes in employment opportunities for counselors and counselor-educators. Many of us have been affected directly by these changes. I guess it is just in my nature to always be looking for the opportunities that exist in any situation (good [...]
On January 21, I was sent to Haiti by the American Red Cross (ARC) on a special assignment. Having 17 years of experience as a Disaster Mental Health Volunteer for the ARC I have been deployed to over 25 national disaster relief operations and worked extensively with my local ARC Chapters so I know a [...]
“Theories are like toothbrushes….. everyone has one- and nobody wants to use anyone else’s.” This anonymous quote was shared with me during my doctoral study and really stuck, I think because of how very truthful it feels at both an intellectual and gut level. Having been in practice now since 1977 I have gone through [...]
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