Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Fun Ways to Welcome New Students
Welcoming new students to our schools is one of the things school counselors should do during the first few weeks of school. Leaving old friends and familiar surroundings can make students feel alone and isolated. Typically, meeting a new friend (or two) and learning the procedures and layout of the building can do wonders to…
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School Counseling Topics – A Helpful Counselor Poll
School counseling literally covers anything and everything under the sun! I’m pretty sure all school counselors have felt like they are being pulled in a million directions a time or two in their career. (Pretty safe bet; I’m sure!) Here at The Helpful Counselor, my goal is to save you time and aggravation. Actually, being…
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Play Therapy Activities & Resources for $1
I went to the dollar store to stock up on some items for play therapy. Check out the video to see what I discovered and how I plan to use them with kids! (I’m working on a transcript and will update this post ASAP) Pin Me!
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Decorating Counseling Offices on the Cheap
Decorating counseling offices can get pretty expensive…fast. Especially if you’re a new school counselor or if you have offices in multiple buildings. In an effort to help out new school counselors get set up (without breaking the bank), I raided my local dollar store and made a few videos where I go over how I to…
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$1 Supplies for Your Counseling Office
Are you a new school counselor? New social worker? New psychologist? Or…maybe you’re a veteran to the field, but you find your self in a situation where you need set up a new counseling office. Well, whatever the case…you’re in the right spot! I recently visited my local dollar store to show you how you can…
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Relational Aggression: How to End the On-Again-Off-Again Friendship Cycle
Welcome to the 4th installment of my blog series on relational aggression. If you missed the first post and want to start at the beginning, you can find it here. In an earlier post, I mentioned that relational aggression can occur between close friends. This type of bullying can be confusing for children to understand. Why…
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20 Things You Can Say to Help an Angry Child
So what do you say to an angry child? Does it matter if the child is your client, student, or your own offspring? Do you find yourself reacting differently depending on who is in emotional distress? It really shouldn’t matter, but all too often it does. I speak from experience on this one! Every once…
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Ideas for National School Counseling Week
National School Counseling Week is upon us! What National School Counseling Week means and looks like is very different among school counselors nationwide. Some administrators and teachers use this week to show appreciation to their school counselors for all of their hard work. While this is absolutely lovely, the fact is that this week is…
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20+ Counseling Themes in Star Wars – The Force Awakens
Star Wars – The Force Awakens is full of counseling themes that can be utilized when helping children and teens (even adults!). Why use movies to address emotional and behavioral issues? Movies are made to connect with the audience on a personal and emotional level…at least the good ones have been. The feelings and challenges…
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Top 15 Posts in 2015
2015 was an extraordinary year for The Helpful Counselor website! Averaging almost 100,000 hits per month has gotten my creative juices flowing and I predict 2016 will be even better. Let’s take a look at the top 15 posts in 2015…shall we? Hopefully, you will find a few helpful tips and resources. 🙂 #15 36…
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