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The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) recently released an alarmed announcement: the U.S. Department of Education may no longer classify counseling degrees as “professional degrees” under proposed federal loan regulations. Predictably, the reaction across the counseling world was swift: fear, outrage, and warnings that our profession is under attack. But the regulat...
The holidays have a way of revealing people. Put enough family members, decades-old dynamics, and a table full of expectations together, and the truth always comes out, sometimes quietly, sometimes loudly, and sometimes wrapped in a casserole dish. Thanksgiving is often portrayed as warm, grateful, and uncomplicated. But for many, it’s a pressure cooker of emotional labor, unspo...
Every year around this time, the numbers begin to appear. Thirty-nine days until Christmas. Then thirty-eight. Then thirty-seven. Children start circling toy catalogs. Adults begin listing gifts, travel, gatherings, or, depending on their story, the emotional minefields that lie beneath the surface of the season. For some, the countdown builds anticipation. For others, it builds...
Shel Silverstein once wrote: Eatin’ soup with chopsticks—I should be finished soon. Eatin’ soup with chopsticks While whistlin’ a tune. Eatin’ soup with chopsticks Because I have no spoon. Eatin’ soup with chopstick Can take all afternoon. At first glance, Silverstein’s poem reads like playful nonsense, typical of his childlike humor. But beneath the whimsy lies something deeply...
When Therapy Turns into a Horror Story Not all monsters hide under beds. Some hide behind cardigans and overstuffed chairs. Every October, I’m reminded that the scariest things I’ve ever encountered didn’t happen in a dark alley; they happened in the counseling room. I’m not talking about clients’ trauma (that’s sacred work). I’m talking about what I’ve heard from clients after...
