Expectations are high in the military and there is little to no room for error. Just imagine the level of stress you might feel knowing you can’t make a mistake. Add to that the stress of having someone’s life in your hands…seeing blatant distortion of facts from a liberal media…constant public scrutiny…the recurring feeling of [...]
How many times to do you hear people talking about being stuck? Stuck in relationships. Stuck in financial situations. Stuck in jobs. Stuck in thoughts. Stuck in fear. Stuckness seems to be an epidemic. But we, as counselors, know that the idea of being stuck is really more about perspective and less about all that [...]
In 1999, I was just about done with the mental health profession. I was an eight-year veteran in the field, licensed and managing several programs in Boston, MA. I was newly married and wondering how in the world I was going to grow in a profession I loved while living in one of the most [...]
I would like to continue with the second Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) tenet used to help individuals create new positive neural pathways; developing new ways of thinking and being.To recap, these tenets are love, touch, relationships and experiential learning. Todays message is on the power of touch in AAT.
Fill in the blank. Exhausted. Busy. Talented. Wonderful. Beautiful. Giving. Stressed. Happy. Lonely. Worried. Tired. Anxious. A Counselor. A Teacher. A Partner. A Spouse. A Family Member. A Researcher. A Presenter. A Writer. A Planner. Etc. What about Becoming?
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