This past week I had a client who decided to discontinue services with me. I had been working with this client for about two months and his reasoning for wanting to pursue counseling was to work on his being too critical on other people, most of all with his spouse....
I have a client who I have been meeting with for close to a year. This client is a teenager who is in his senior year of high school. He is very driven, and laser focused in his classes. However, he will tend to set rather high and sometimes unrealistic goals and will...
Today marks two years since my mom passed away. The day it happened, even though I knew it would be happening for a long time, I was still shock. In the coming weeks and months, that shock wore off. Last year, there was a tinge of sadness as I had settled into the...
Alert: Potentially too much information. With that out of the way, I have Colitis. Microscopic Colitis to be exact. I hate this more than anything, I really do. I hate it more than Aunt Jamima winning second place in a pancake cooking contest. It is a reality I have...
The past week I met with a client I already met with maybe two sessions with. This client was struggling with the damage and continued behavior of a toxic relative in her family. One item of interest is that I meet this client through a text session versus a video...
Siri vs. Alexa. A couple of weeks ago I made the decision of purchasing an Echo Dot which has Alexa. What sold me on it is that it can unlock the doors of my car with my voice and I can say “Alexa, print my calendar for today” without my computer being on. However,...
Before I entertained the idea of being a counselor for a living, this one value was instilled in me from an early age. “You will get out of something only what you put into it.” At the time not really comprehending what I learned, it is something I have slowly learned...
When I was in graduate school to get my degree for counseling, I learned about many, many theories and how the train or thought originated and how that approach worked with people. One theory that really resonated with me is called Reality Therapy. Dr. William Glasser...
I met with a new client this week who is very successful and outgoing. This person works out daily and runs six miles afterwards. My new client has a very successful business as he is very well off financially. Also, he is engaged to be married and has two successful...
Not everyone is going to like you and that is okay. One of my favorite parts of being a counselor is getting to know other people. I have some clients that I share a lot of commonalties with and some are the polar opposite. There are some clients I think I would get...
