SUPPORT & THERAPY BLOG

My first internship in Graduate School was at a school for kids with learning differences. When I began Graduate School, I knew that I wanted to work with teenagers and was thrilled to have the opportunity to work in a middle school. In Social Work school, you have an internship and an additional seminar where you discuss your internship and any transference or countertransference you experience. This is the notion that therapists will have feelings or experiences related to

Scaffolding: It’s Not Just for Construction” explores how the support we provide, whether at home or in the classroom, helps kids grow skills step by step, just like scaffolding helps build a building.

Somehow, we survived eight and a half years in my household without having to deal with lice. We made it through several outbreaks in daycare and elementary school unscathed (or un-loused?), and last month, our luck ran out. My friend had picked up our daughter for a playdate and noticed lice in her hair. I frantically called the local “Lice Lady”, who happened to be out of town that weekend, and realized I had to tackle the problem myself. (She did offer to help when she ret

One of my favorite movies of all time is the original Ghostbusters. In the final scene, the villain asks the Ghostbusters to “make your choice” regarding the form of the foe they will have to fight. Bill Murray’s character urges the others to clear their minds and not think of anything. Next, we see a giant “Stay Puft” marshmallow man appear, and Dan Akroid’s character confesses, “it just popped in there.”, Thoughts often “just pop in” our heads without our choosing or knowle