Five years ago, Kay Sudekum Trotter arrived at a muddy Texas horse ranch wearing capri pants and sandals and wanting to learn more about equine-assisted therapy. By the end of the afternoon, her cute outfit was dirty, her shoes ruined, but this self-proclaimed city girl had been roped by this
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On Sept. 11, 2007, the Global War on Terrorism entered its sixth year. As of February 2007, more than 1.5 million U.S. warriors had been deployed to the combat zone. According to the American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force on Military Deployment, more than 500,000 warriors have served two combat
Back when I was in my 20s, I knew a guy named Roger who hung wallpaper for a living. The one thing I remember about Roger is that he was always happy. I would often see him on worksites, zipping around with a bounce in his step, singing gleefully under
Mark Twain once said, “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” That very sentiment can easily be applied to the No Child Left Behind debate, as many school officials have questioned whether this legislation actually interferes with providing school students a well-rounded and quality curriculum. Signed into
Alise Bartley, a private practitioner in Ohio, and Carol Klose Smith, then a doctoral student at the University of Iowa, met under extraordinary circumstances — both volunteered to be American Red Cross disaster mental health providers in the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The two American Counseling Association members were
Earlier this year, a 12-year-old boy in Florida beat a 17-month-old girl to death with a wooden baseball bat because she was crying while he was watching television. Last month, national news outlets repeatedly played segments of a videotape in which a group of girls — ages 14 to 17
The curtain rises and the houselights dim. A shy and anxious young woman sits bathed in a spotlight as she wails her confession: “I’ve got problems! I’ve got problems!” Other actors appear around her and gleefully shout out their reply: “We’ve got them too! Welcome to the group!” Welcome, also,
Michael Firch spends a lot of time in the halls of Milford (Del.) Middle School and its busy cafeteria chatting with students, gathering information and spotting problems. One thing the veteran school counselor quickly notices amid the confusion, clamor and camaraderie is the student who doesn’t fit in — the
iPod, therefore, iAm. It’s hard to stroll down the street or ride on the subway these days without seeing digital music devices attached to the ears of people from all walks of life, of every age and race. These individuals go about their day while gazing off into the distance,
OK, ladies, let’s be honest. Everyone knows one or has been one — the good girl stuck on the bad boy. John Farrar, a counselor educator at Central Michigan University, calls it a phenomenon: the reoccurring nightmare of capable women choosing needy and dysfunctional men. Females who are charming, well