On a daily basis, we see returning active military personnel being welcomed back from overseas duty. This is well-deserved recognition for each of those soldiers. Each day, military civilian personnel given overseas assignments also return home — but minus the fanfare and welcoming committees waiting for them at the airport.
Month: April 2013
We owe so much to those who have supported, influenced and nurtured our development as professionals and people. After completing a master’s degree in school psychology and working in the public schools near Richmond, Va., in a hybrid role of school counselor/psychologist, I decided to pursue my doctoral degree in
April is Counseling Awareness Month and an opportunity to celebrate all of the good work that professional counselors do for millions of children, adolescents, adults, families and couples each and every day. I hope you will visit the American Counseling Association website if you are looking for ideas and information about
An ecological perspective to counseling involves using interventions that move beyond exclusive focus on the individual.
An integration of cognitive, existential, psychodynamic and systemic perspectives, Adlerian counseling theory is a holistic, phenomenological, socially oriented and teleological (goal-directed) approach to understanding and working with people. Furthermore, Adlerian counseling theory is a relational constructivist approach and affirms that people must be understood contextually because it is in our relationships
Retirement often seems to be about trade-offs. You may have more time to do the things you love but less money to devote to those things. You may have more opportunities to exercise and enjoy life, yet you have to navigate new health care and insurance issues. You can travel more,
Today’s college students face more than exams, adjustment issues and a tough job market. They also deal with a complex sexual and social landscape that is full of choices and pitfalls, often without the safety net provided by their families at home. A 2007 Campus Sexual Assault Study conducted with
When I first met Kurt, age 60, he appeared small despite possessing a lengthy frame that should have filled any space he occupied. He spent the first few sessions of therapy discussing the details of his son’s diagnosis with a rare and often untreatable disease. He talked about how the