When I was getting my master’s degree in counseling, I learned the power of using movies to illustrate family dynamics, show different parts of a story, and allow me to see how counselors are viewed in pop culture. While movies can illustrate how pervasive mental health issues, they also show how we process them as a society. If you are… View Post
As much I love to travel and explore new places, the journey to the destination can be the most exhausting part of the trip and can last days. Red-eye flights, overnight bus or train rides, multiple layovers, through-the-night road trips- I can say that I’ve survived them all with stiff knees, an aching back, knotted hair, and- what nobody wants… View Post
As the resident vegetarian in my family, I sometimes have to make alternative meal arrangements at family dinners. When I was home for Christmas, my younger sister wanted meatball subs for dinner, which sounded good to me too. So, I decided to make my own vegetarian meatballs for a “meat”ball sub. I’ve followed other recipes before that usually call for… View Post
I’ve used Disney’s movie Inside Out for the basis of my feelings curriculum as I worked with kids as a therapeutic-day treatment counselor in a middle school and an elementary school. After learning to identify and scale emotions, we watch the movie as part of an end-of-year party and discuss the emotions portrayed in the movie with what we had… View Post