Dan sat motionless, riveted to his chair as he recalled his recurrent nightmare. “Every night …” He trailed off and faded back. “It’s the eyes. I see his eyes! Staring at me.” Dan was recalling a soldier, frozen to death and still at his post. The memory, too, was frozen
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One of the long-standing debates in the counseling profession is whether the counseling process should be conceptualized scientifically or according to the assumptions of the humanities. At this point in history, most counselors would probably agree that both scientific and humanistic ideologies should inform the practice of counseling. These scientific
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. I won’t say that we are “celebrating” anti-bullying because that sounds strange to me. However, if counseling professionals and the public can bring more awareness to the tragedy of kids being bullied, then count me as a supporter of this important monthlong event. A
I have a question for you to ponder: How do we develop depth with regard to our character, insight and empathy? Is it something that is part of our genetic makeup? Is it based on our life experiences? Or is it a combination of these? As a parent, this is
“Your father’s a jerk.” In many elementary schools, such a comment might be rewarded with a swift trip to the principal’s office. But in Janice DeLucia-Waack’s group for children of divorced parents, the statement stood as nothing short of a breakthrough. DeLucia-Waack, associate professor and program director of school counseling
The tragedy began April 20 when the Deepwater Horizon oilrig exploded about 40 miles southeast of the Louisiana coast, killing 11 crewmembers. Crude oil began flowing freely out of the deep-sea well, and BP, the oil company giant that leased the rig, was unsuccessful in its attempts to cap the
Bob Houston, 52, has a job in the mental health field. He has four children, a marriage of five years, an active role in his church, a GED — obtained more than 30 years after dropping out of high school — and plans to become a minister. Houston had something
Have you ever had an experience that was overwhelmingly beautiful and sad at the same time? I just returned from such an experience. I had the wonderful opportunity to spend three weeks on the continent of Africa in the country of Malawi. Malawi is one of the poorest nations in
When September rolls around, many of us think of it as another “new beginning,” given that it is the start of the school year for many folks. For a number of us who followed a traditional education model, September was when we went “back to school,” which we associated with
If you think barbershops are all about haircuts and shaves, take a closer look. For African-American men in particular, barbershops often serve as epicenters of culture, community and camaraderie. Debra Johnson is hard at work adding counseling to that list as well. Her approach works in part because, for