The holidays can be so hard for our students who are struggling with grief. Everyone around them is celebrating and they're in pain missing their loved one. This is a wonderful little lesson I did with my grief group right before the holidays.
Separation anxiety is common when students first start preschool and elementary school. It's not that common in middle school, but let's just say it happens enough for me to write a blog post about it!! Every year I see more and more separation anxiety...
Are you having issues sleeping at night because your 5th grader just came home with a letter about transitioning to middle school? Did you grab that bottle of wine after the 5th grade parent night because you're overwhelmed with the fact that your little...
Y'all know me, I'm always trying new things in my counseling office!! This week I did this grief self-exploration house with my grief group kiddos and I think it went really well!! The self-exploration house orignated from DBT (Dialectal Behavior Therapy) and has been...
I started using sand tray therapy with my students when I was interning in college and I absolutely loved it!! I look at sand tray therapy as a tool to help students communicate about difficult topics. The counselor provides the student with a prompt...
The box and ball grief activity is actually one of my new favorite grief activities. I first read about the box and ball grief activity while I was researching new activities for my grief group. At first I wasn't sure how to use this...