Its been a long time! Lots has happened ( Read more... )

Okay, this entry really doesn't have anything to do with counseling, other than that I had to miss one night of class and a group session to go to las vegas for 4 days ( Read more... )

( Get to Know Your Future Therapist )

I've been so busy lately! But I like it for the most part (except my job of course ( Read more... )

Its been a while. 2 weeks to be exact ( Read more... )

Yesterdays group left me sad and burnt out ( Read more... )

Wednesday's session (#3) went pretty well! Initially, we were planning on having the entire family (mom, dad, 3 boys) in session, with all four of us therapists, and doing an activity where we could see how they problem solved/resolved conflict. Well, only one of the boys showed up, so we had to quickly figure out an alternative. Cheryl and I had a ( Read more... )

Well, we had our second session with the couple wednesday night. It was both good and bad. Good because they got some stuff accomplished, but bad because I left the session feeling VERY frustrated. My co-therapist pretty much took over the entire session. I found myself getting interupted frequently. I would have something great that i wanted to ( Read more... )

Okay, in my American College Student class on Thursday nights, there is a wide variety of people. It is in the student affairs department and most of the people in the class are older adults (i'm taking 35 and older), with the exception of 3 or 4 students around my age. There is this one woman, Chloe, who looks like she is in her late 50's, ( Read more... )

I saw my first clients of the semester last night. A married couple with communication issues. They also have 3 teenage boys (two twin 16 year olds, and a 13 year old) who have issues of their own. They are wanting couples therapy, family therapy, and therapy for the boys. Anyways, my co-therapist and I were pretty nervous since neither of us had ( Read more... )