Journaling is the practice of writing down your thoughts and feelings as you navigate your daily life. The good thing is that there is no right or wrong way to journal. It’s something between you and pages of your journal and it just doesn’t matter. Some days journaling is just writing down what you did that day. Sometimes journaling is about your top ten list of books, music, foods etc…
If you don’t know by now, I am a middle school counselor and teacher as well as a licensed professional counselor, who is obsessed with 2 things in life, art and reading! I read more books than almost anyone I know and anyone you know, lol. Books are wonderful for our children and this is my love list of what the kids I work with adore right now! Hopefully your children will love this top ten list of young adult literature.
If you’re anything like me, craft stores are the equivalent of a hardware store for some of my other friends. I would say Amen. But I do know a lot of women who just simply can’t help themselves when it comes to stopping at a hardware store. But for me it’s a craft store. Anytime I’m in another city my radar goes off and I instantly can spot the craft stores, whether they be large national chains or small mom-and-pop stores. I do like to visit those “mom and pop shops” when I’m in other cities just because it’s fun and I fully support small businesses!
Being a psychologist has many facets and there are so many varieties of them. While researching this blog I found out some very cool things about this field. But let’s start with the basics…
Clinical psychology is concerned with the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders. While some professionals in this field often work in medical settings, clinical psychologists are not medical doctors and do not prescribe medications in most states. Just an FYI. When you are looking for something specific it is important to be clear with your needs and make sure you are going to the right person the first time. With all the current waiting lists and delays in receiving services the last thing you want to do is wait for months and only then find out that you cannot get your mental health needs met like you thought you could.