Meet the Counselor Lesson
The beginning of a new school year is the perfect opportunity to set the tone for the months ahead—and one of my favorite ways to do that is with a simple 10-15 minute “Meet the Counselor” Lesson.
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Get to Know You Activities
School has just started, which means you’re probably focusing on getting to know all of your wonderful students! It is important to have at least 2-3 counseling get to know you activities in your counseling toolbox. You can easily use the same activity over and over again, but I encourage you to try something new. Remember to avoid that counselor burn out you’ve got to try new counseling activities!
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Minute Meetings
The first time I heard about Minute Meetings my immediate reaction was “OMG that sounds impossible, this lady is crazy!” About 30 seconds later I thought “But it is pretty awesome.” And then every so often the thought would come back and I’d wonder if I could figure out how to do minute meetings at my school. Minute Meetings floated around in my head for about 2 months before I decided to just dive in!! Y’all know sometimes the best ideas are the crazy ones!
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Therapy Building Blocks
If you ask my students about me, they’ll all say that I love playing with Building Blocks. I kind of think it’s hilarious that they spread little rumors about how much I love playing Building Blocks. I have random kids come up to me in the hallway asking if they can come play Building Blocks with me! As you can guess, I don’t actually LOVE Building Blocks. I play a lot of Therapy Building Blocks though and it’s become my favorite “get to know you” activity.
