Seventeen year old Rien and her 15 year old sister, Brooke, have not seen their father in over seven years. Their relationship deteriorated after the girls’ parents divorced in 2003, depriving them of that close relationship with their father. Becoming a father is a sacred and scary time in a man’s life. Men arrive at [...]
Is it a secret to many clients that counselors sometimes also need counseling? Although I have read and experienced enough to believe that self-care is very important to counselors, how do we identify when it is necessary or appropriate for the counselor to be counseled?
I entered the room and immediately felt exposed, ‘dangerously’ outnumbered, and a little nervous. Instead of fleeing, though, I double-checked just to confirm that I was truly the only male there. My uneasiness escalated at the confirmation that of the twenty people in the large room, I was the only male. Even though I decided [...]
My attention has been drawn to a number of blog entries from fellow ACA bloggers and counselors-in-training addressing the importance of mentorship, networking and supervision in our profession. In September 2010, Diana Pitaru wrote about the support counseling students need from their more experienced peers, and in October took matters into her hands and started [...]
I recently filled my car up with diesel fuel. That resulted in a number of problems for me since my car has a gasoline engine. I was rushing to pick my son up from pre-school and noticed the car needed gas. The car was parked at my wife’s workplace and we had agreed earlier that [...]
I do a little graphic design in the little spare time that I have. Sometimes, in order to achieve a certain effect I use a tool called Masking. This is a way to define parts of your artwork as being hidden from view. Rather than having to delete unwanted parts of my image, photo, or [...]
I recently had the most interesting conversation with my 4 year-old son. On our way to dropping him off at school, he saw a truck with some guys sitting in the back. He wanted to know why they were sitting in the back of the truck. Not wanting to tell him I didn’t know (fathers [...]
A few years ago, I was at the Owen Roberts International Airport in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands about to return home after an exciting and relaxing summer vacation with family and friends. While saying my good-byes, I saw a couple that looked to be in their fifties, pull up to the airport entrance. After the [...]
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