Category: Counselor Tips and Tricks
The Matisse Technique for Self-Regulation
Making Story Stones: A How-To Tutorial for Narrative Therapy – Tutorial #2
Making Story Stones: A How-To Tutorial for Narrative Therapy – Tutorial #1
How to Make Emotion Rocks for School and Clinical Counselors
Technique Toolbox: Kinetic Family Drawings
Something Fun!


Here is something neat! One of my internship students has this laminated as a two-sided card for elementary students. She keeps it on her staff badge lanyard. If she wants to check in with a student, she shows them the card. They can pick their emotion and where the problem is occurring. This is great for small students who need help expressing themselves!
Basic Counseling Skills Practice 1: Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Probing, Reflection of Feeling, Using Silence, Pacing, & Interruption
Purposes of Groups – Planning, Selecting Members, & Evaluating
Join Dr. Moon as she discusses the purposes of groups. She also covers selecting group members, evaluations, and planning phases.
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Small Groups in Schools
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