I like change. In fact I embrace change and, according to Darwin, I change every day. However, what I do not embrace is the release of a new APA Publication Manual when writing my dissertation proposal. Especially when – and I’ll be nice – APA can’t even figure out what the changes are. This all [...]
We are now on day 51 of the BP Oil Spill. Each day I have watched the news accounts and felt increasing hopelessness and despair. The recently released pictures of the sea birds drowned in oil, helpless and sinking were images I have not been able to shed. My dreams have been filled with images [...]
Perhaps one of the greatest challenges we face as counselors is to sort through a lot of “stuff” (theoretical orientation, preferred treatment strategies, transference, counter-transference, what the client is saying, what the client is really saying, etc.) to determine the intervention point, and then to choose a reasonable intervention to assist our clients. I admit [...]
I miss the experience. This is the umpteenth time I’ve browsed the shelves of my local Barnes & Noble Bookseller, and I could be anywhere. It feels like I’m shopping in Walmart – lot’s of stuff here and there, but not much substance. No matter which section I browse I feel nothing.
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