So You Want to Write a Blog

Some Things to Consider about Writing a Blog There are many reasons to write a blog. I think the best reason lies somewhere between the personal and the professional. Here are some considerations: Do you enjoy writing? Do you have something to share? Do you have a target audience? Do you have access to peoples’ … Read more

When it Comes to Your Career – Order Off Menu!

Developing Your Career Your career is important!  Don’t limit your career based on what you think is possible. Navigating a career in mental health can be challenging. When I taught graduate students for 10 years as an adjunct faculty member in a counseling program, the students were naturally most concerned with their career options. A … Read more

Expanding Your Professional Network

To Lunch or Not to Lunch? A few years ago I stopped accepting business lunch invitations. I know people are encouraged by career coaches, counselors, friends, family and self-help guides to invite professionals to lunch in order to forge a new relationship. However, the tactics involved tend to be one person picking another person’s brain … Read more

Never Fake it Again!

The Inner Self We all have an inner world…in that world there is a running dialogue…it tells us “behave this way not that way”  and so on. Therapists are often seeking to engage with people on that level. We are trying to befriend that person…that part of another that is authentic…that part of self that … Read more