Internships are where it all begins in our journey as school counselors. Along with the start of a new internship comes a whirlwind of emotions, anticipation, and excitement for both supervisors and interns. In a
Counselor Keri, Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor and The Responsive Counselor
What's on your summer to do list? I always have to take a step back when my list gets to ...
The DIY Counselor
Moving from elementary school to middle school has its challenges. It can be scary and super exciting at the same ...
Counselor Up
13 Reasons Why is a book, and more popularly, a Netflix show about the suicide of a high school student, ...
Little Miss Counselor
Mother’s Day is a special holiday where many of us show gratitude for the love, support, and care that’s been ...
Speckled Moose Counseling
National Child Abuse Prevention Month is upon us and there are many things that you can do as a confident ...
Counselor Up, School Counselor Stephanie and Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor
The end of the school year is approaching. Give your future self a gift by doing some prep work as ...
Carol Miller Counseling Essentials
It’s important to be organized as a testing coordinator. When I was a high school counselor, I was in charge ...
The Sunny Sunshine Student Support Store, Carol Miller Counseling Essentials and The School Counselor Is In
Have you taken a school counseling intern before? An extra person to take some students for counseling sounds like a ...
Pawsitive School Counselor
A book is a dream you hold in your hands. – Neil Gaiman I love this quote because it ...
School Counselor Stephanie, Counselor Keri and Social Emotional Workshop
Finding school counselor professional development can be incredibly challenging. Often our districts are thinking about teachers primarily, and we are ...
The Sunny Sunshine Student Support Store and The Counseling Teacher Brandy
February is a great time to incorporate kindness activities with Valentine’s Day and Random Acts of Kindness Week. Do ...
Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor, The DIY Counselor and Social Emotional Workshop
We talk about self-care and work-life balance a lot on Confident Counselors, and for good reason. This is a tough ...
The Counseling Teacher Brandy
One week per year, school counselors from around the nation, find ways to spread the word about how school counselors ...
The DIY Counselor
School counselors use peer mentoring in a variety of ways. It is a little scary to think about students mentoring ...
Counselor Chelsey
Mindfulness is popping up everywhere nowadays. As a school based counselor, teaching students to focus on the present moment and ...
EduKate & Inspire, The Sunny Sunshine Student Support Store and Counselor Keri
Incorporating technology in school counseling can really engage students, but sometimes it can be hard to figure out how to ...
Pawsitive School Counselor
A counselor friend of mine recommended the Weird! book series by Erin Frankel to me and I am so glad she did. ...
Carol Miller Counseling Essentials and Counselor Chelsey
My guess is that it isn’t one from the Yankee Candle collection in your garage. Often, the best gifts from ...
Counselor Keri, The Sunny Sunshine Student Support Store and EduKate & Inspire
You know you should be incorporating self-care. You know you can’t pour from an empty cup. Sometimes it just takes ...
School Counseling Confessions
Get Ready for 2018! Â Maybe some of you wish 2017 could last a little bit longer and others are thankful ...
Counselor Up
It’s time to get ready for 2nd semester! Wait, you say, the 1st semester isn’t even over yet?! Exactly! In ...
Little Miss Counselor, The Counseling Teacher Brandy and School Counseling Confessions
Develop Systems and Work with Others Triaging requests for assistance helps me from feeling overwhelmed by the high number of ...
The DIY Counselor
Kids get excited about discussing future plans. Talking about what they want to be is very motivating and helps students ...
Counselor Up
Dear Diary, In honor of Thanksgiving, I am going to be writing a gratitude journal. I am so thankful for ...
The DIY Counselor
Mix it Up at Lunch Day challenges students to get out of their comfort zone and engage with others, helping ...
Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor
Recess can be the best part of a kid’s day or it can be a major source of stress ...
Counselor Up
In my third year of my school counseling career, a student asked me “What’s wrong with you Mrs. Atkins? You ...
EduKate & Inspire
October is Bullying Prevention Month, which means many counselors will be searching for resources to help bring awareness to bullying. ...
The Helpful Counselor, Laurie P Mendoza and Counselor Chelsey
We all have a favorite book to use in counseling with students. Children’s literature can be a great, engaging way ...
Counselor Chelsey
Being a school counselor or school psychologist can feel a little like you’re on your own island. You’re not a ...
The Sunny Sunshine Student Support Store, Social Emotional Workshop and School Counselor Stephanie
Bullying Awareness Month is coming up in October. It is an important month to highlight anti-bullying programs and initiatives in your ...
School Counselor Stephanie
As counselors, we are driven by nature to help, nurture, and solve problems. Therefore, most of us don’t like ...
The Helpful Counselor, Carol Miller Counseling Essentials and School Counselor Stephanie
How is your schedule setup? School counselor schedules can vary from building to building, district to district, and state to ...
EduKate & Inspire
It is no secret that school counselors wear A LOT of hats throughout the school year. We are stretched in ...
Laurie P Mendoza, EduKate & Inspire and Counselor Keri
Do you have something in your office you can’t live without? I don’t mean the drawer of candy. I mean ...
The Sunny Sunshine Student Support Store, Little Miss Counselor and Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor
Counselors who plan and stay organized found the key to being a counselor who looks and feels confident. I always ...
The Counseling Teacher Brandy
Environment matters. From the office walls to your desktop, what you put in your school counseling office sets the tone ...
School Counselor Stephanie, Counselor Corner and School Counseling is Magical
We set and work on goals with our students. We should do the same for ourselves and our school counseling ...
School Counselor Stephanie
During back to school season, my co-counselors and I put together a presentation for staff about our counseling program. It is ...
Little Miss Counselor and The DIY Counselor
Attendance awareness month is a great way to start your year. It emphasizes to students that being present at school ...
The School Counselor Is In, Laurie P Mendoza and Speckled Moose Counseling
One of the perks and necessities of our job is having a break during the summer to reset and get ...
Counselor Keri
Career education is an integral aspect of the school counseling program, but educating students on community helpers and their own ...
EduKate & Inspire
Whether it is the beginning of the school year or the middle of April, one important role of a school ...
School Counselor Stephanie
Happy Hot Summer, Everyone! I hope you are managing to stay cooler than I am here in Texas. I can’t ...
Counselor Up
Organization is my jam. I may or may not get ridiculously excited about school supplies and organizing systems. I ...
EduKate & Inspire and School Counseling Confessions
Hello Confident Elementary Counselors! Â Kate, Susan, and Vanessa here to share with you some of our favorite books for elementary ...
The Counseling Teacher Brandy
“Tracking school counseling time is my favorite task,” said no counselor ever. (especially not The Counseling Teacher!) I have to ...
Counselor Keri and Counselor Chelsey
Summer is finally here and we all have time to breathe and decompress from another whirlwind year of advocating and ...
EduKate & Inspire
As the end of the school year draws near, it is time to begin planning ahead for next school year. ...
Kiddie Matters
Do you practice regular self-care? Many counselors preach self-care to others but often fail to follow their own advice. According ...