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“I have a secret to tell you. You know it’s always there — in the back of your mind.” I oversaw a small partial care program for roughly two years. Roughly 15 to 20 clients attended the three-hour long program three days a week. Even though it was a small program, these clients took a…
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I admit that I can get away with things as a community-based mental health counselor that the average counselor dreams of. I get to take my clients out into the community to parks, restaurants, community centers, drop-in centers, appointments, schools, etc. versus being confined to a desk all day long. It allows me to be…
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When the average person envisions self-care, they often imagine laying back in a beach chair or sprawleId out on a massage table. These are wonderful ways to rejuvenate the mind, body, and soul. However, how often can we realistically afford these types of activities either due to time constraints, responsibilities, or finances? Also, individuals often…
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Working as an in-home counselor, I can do things that typical counselors cannot. Just the other day I took one of my clients out to lunch for our session. This young man has been on house arrest for a little over two months. He turned eighteen years old in the midst of all this and…
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This week was rough. My mental health took a toll on me. I recently transitioned between jobs. I was working two counseling jobs, easily adding up to sixty hours a week. This was all while experiencing an ongoing battle with family conflict and medical issues (fibromyalgia). I just could not keep up with it like…
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As a psychotherapist on the cusp of being independently licensed, my past few years in the field have been quite emotionally draining. My personal licensing process has involved countless hours of conducting therapy sessions (group, family, and individual,) case management duties (i.e. phone calls and meetings with schools, guidance counselors, in-home therapists, treatment team, and…
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Those suffering from depression and anxiety often possesses rigid thought processes. Black and white. Yes and no. My way or the highway. One way or another. Typically, situations have to be presented in such a way that there are concrete categories with clear consequences. When presented, these options partially feed into this thought pattern, but…
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Although the human brain is a blessing, it has the potential to be a serious burden. All of the times I have nearly rear ended the car in front of me, snapping out of a “highway hypnosis.” The time I had the number of spots on my classroom ceiling memorized from counting it on infinite…
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Earlier this morning, I was having a session at a local diner with an adolescent male I see twice a week. He was initially referred for counseling for anger management after aggravated assault charges and being put on house arrest. He found out the other day that his court date was postponed for the second…
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Since the blog started up about nine months ago, I touched on topics ranging from humor to mindfulness to core values to addiction. It has been quite the journey. Over the last week though, I struggled to get my creative juices flowing. I keep scrolling through my phone and Googling “self-care topics” in an effort…
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The Caring Counselor 