Counselor’s Corner
Top 5 TED Talks for School Counselors
School counselors have borne the brunt of much of the turbulence experienced in education over the last few years. These five TED Talks speak to some of the biggest challenges school counselors face and offer tools and insights you may find helpful moving forward....
Reducing Student Anxiety as a School Counselor
While some students view January as an opportunity to verbalize their hopes and dreams for the coming year, many others enter the new year struggling with anxiety. Coming out of the holidays and looking at the unknowns associated with the months ahead, student anxiety...
Reflection Activities to Build Mindfulness of the Past and Coming Year
Reflection Activities to Build Mindfulness of the Past and Coming Year
Your Life Is Not a Holiday Movie, and That’s Okay
The latest holiday movie just started and even if it’s the first time we’ve seen it, we all know what to expect: holiday magic will work its spell on everyone in the town, and just in time, everything will work out perfectly. The hero falls in love, the antagonist has...
Meditative Moments: Taking Time for Yourself This December
The holiday season can be a magical time of year, full of festivities and traditions that bring loved ones together. However, it can also be an incredibly stressful time as we juggle commitments and try to fit everything into the last few weeks of the year. Amidst all...
Trust and Authentic Engagement Pt. 2: “Open Trust-Building Conversations”
In Part 1 of this “Trust and Engagement” series, we discussed strategies to help school counselors build and restore student trust where it would not evolve naturally - particularly in diverse school environments. Since trust grows to the extent that each...
Trust and Authentic Engagement Part 1: “A Restorative Approach to Student-Counselor Trust”
Current realities that school counselors face make it extremely difficult for them to build sufficient rapport and trust with students, making the goal of authentic engagement seem unattainable. Fundamental recommendations to build a baseline of rapport can be...
An Activity to Help Counselors Set Realistic Expectations – Pt. 3: The Circle of Concern
This article was originally published by MontCo.Today By: MaryJo Burchard, PhD As a counselor, one of your greatest challenges is navigating the growing and sometimes conflicting expectations of administrators, students, and parents. This is the third installment...
An Activity to Help Counselors Set Realistic Expectations – Pt. 2: The Circle of Influence
This article was originally published by MontCo.Today By: MaryJo Burchard, PhD As a counselor, one of your greatest challenges is navigating the growing and sometimes conflicting expectations of administrators, students, and parents. Last week, we began a 3-part...
An Activity to Help Counselors Set Realistic Expectations — Pt. 1: The Circle of Power
This article was originally published on September 2nd, 2022 on MontCo.Today By MaryJo Burchard, PhD As a counselor, one of your greatest challenges is navigating the growing and sometimes conflicting expectations of administrators, students, and parents. While you...