Friday Feature Series

The Email Could Wait Every counseling office has stories. Some make us laugh. Some break our hearts. Some stay with us long after the student has walked out the door. But every one of them teaches us something—not only about the students we serve, but about ourselves as counselors, educators, and people. Welcome to From the Counseling Office. I was sitting at my desk staring at an inbox that seemed to multiply every time I refreshed it. There were referrals to enter. Emails w

Every counseling office has stories. Some make us laugh. Some break our hearts. Some stay with us long after the student has walked out the door. But each of them teaches us something, not only about the students we serve but also about ourselves as counselors, educators, and people. Welcome to From the Counseling Office, where I share real stories (with identifying details changed to protect confidentiality), honest reflections, and practical lessons from the conversations t

Every counseling office has stories. Some make us laugh. Some break our hearts. Some stay with us long after the student has walked out the door. But every one of them teaches us something, not only about the students we serve, but about ourselves as counselors, educators, and people. Welcome to From the Counseling Office, where I share real stories (with identifying details changed to protect confidentiality), honest reflections, and practical lessons from the conversations

The Student Who Showed Me I Was Exactly Where I Needed to Be If you had asked me ten years ago what grade level I would eventually work with as a school counselor, I can promise you one answer you would never have heard. Middle school. It simply wasn't part of the plan. I had experience with elementary students. Before that, I had spent twelve years serving in the military, working with young adults as a military intelligence analyst, sexual assault victim advocate, and Drug