Be Grounded in Yourself
Cookies, Counselors and Conversation As I was writing this blog, I reflected on gratefulness and how life can come full circle in so many ways. I have had the honor to get to teach, mentor or supervise various counselors over the years and then step back and watch with joy as they bloom as people […]
Tremendous Love=Unconditional Positive Regard
Counselors, Cookies and Conversation with Amanda Salisbury, LICSW and Owner/CEO of Trauma Informed therapies Tremendous Love = Unconditional Positive Regard Greatest Learning “There is tremendous power in love.” This is the greatest learning Amanda Salisbury, MSW, LICSW (creator, owner and CEO of Trauma Informed Therapy) shared with me when I delivered cookies with a quest […]
Adjusting Your Attitude is instrumental to Success (A Counselor Interns Learning Journey)
Looking back on my time at Life’s Learning, there have been countless moments of growth that brought me to where I am today. The lesson I have chosen to write about was perhaps the hardest for me to learn: Adjusting your attitude is instrumental to success. Before I started seeing clients, I never thought about […]
Ambiguity, Humility, and Lifelong Learning as a Counselor
Ambiguity, Humility, and Lifelong Learning as a Counselor, by Mychal Ferger, Gonzaga Master level Intern (February 2021) Am·bi·gu·i·ty noun the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness. As I reflect on my time as an intern counselor, I remember the initial utterance of these words being met with a visceral response of […]
Finding Freedom through Feedback: A Counselor Interns Journey
Letting go of Perfection and Finding Freedom through Feedback: A Counselor Interns Journey, by Mychal Ferger
Wending Your Way and “Becoming”
Cookies, Learning and Counselor Conversation Lucinda Wurtz sat down to share with me about learning to”Wend your way” (finding our way through the world without a linear direction) and how this can lead to becoming who we were meant to be. I was very aware about how she understands the sense of “being with” or […]
Overcoming the Imposter Syndrome as an Intern Counselor
Rubjoyt Singh, Gonzaga Master Level Intern reflects on what she learned during her internship about confronting the imposter syndrome and trusting the counseling process.
Acceptance, Faith and Meaning Making
Cookies, Learning and Counselor Conversation When I drew Sarah Meekhof’s name for the cookie delivery, I was ecstatic that I would get time with her. We had met some months earlier at a training when she came up to introduce herself. I was drawn to her warmth, big smile and the ease of conversation. We […]
Compassion Meets Understanding
Cookies, Learning and Counselor Conversation I was thrilled to have the opportunity to sit down with Counselor, Emily Willet. Emily is in private practice in downtown Spokane. The byline on her website sums up nicely both my experience of her and what I know she nurtures within a counseling relationships. It is: “Where Compassion Meets […]
Trust the Process (A Counseling Interns Learning Journey)
A Counseling Interns Learning Journey (Part II): Trust the Process Rubjoyt Singh is a Gonzaga Counseling Intern who has been with my practice since January of this year. We have settled into her placement and there is a rhythm in the work that we do, both in unison and independently. The journey that we […]
