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Today, I’d like to broadly begin discussing the differences between how psychedelic drugs are often used recreationally compared to how they may be used therapeutically. Specifically, we’ll discuss how the concepts of set, setting, and dose play a role both in recreational use and therapeutic use.

I spend much of my time working with persons starting counseling practices. Their first year is difficult, to say the least. New entrepreneurs have a steep learning curve and a mountain of tasks to complete (especially when they’re building a group practice).

Perhaps you are a new counseling student, or are supporting new students as they navigate their counseling career options. Either way, there are many steps and considerations to keep in mind. Lisa McKenna, PhD, LPC-S, Assistant Dean of Capella University’s School of Counseling and Human Services, provides some insight into things that new and prospective students should know when considering a counseling program.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Sometimes life’s problems aren’t that easy to fix. The reality is, no one is exempt from the curve balls life throws at you. When difficult times happen it doesn’t discriminate who experiences certain life challenges and who doesn’t.

Valued at about $50 billion, it’s undisputed that Uber’s business was a great idea. Except, they weren’t the first to think of it. Ever hear of Taxi Magic? It did basically the same thing as Uber, but they didn’t execute as well. Uber didn’t win just because it was a genius idea. It won on effective execution.

Children absorb information like a sponge, they learn from what they see, hear, and feel. Unfortunately, there are times when this includes learning from past bad experiences. It is important from an early age to talk to children about safe touch and not safe touch.

According to healthcare.gov,” balance billing occurs when providers bill a patient for the difference between the amount they charge and the amount that the patient’s insurance pays”. Sometimes it’s legal and sometimes it isn’t.

When I was in high school, I remember getting that military recruitment phone call. As he attempted to convince me that joining the military would be a positive decisions for my future, I kept thinking in my head “Who really wants to go to war for a career?” More than a little rudely, I ended that phone call, not realizing that one day I would develop a passion to work with those who dream of going to war.

I hesitate to turn on the news or check my news report updates on my phone because it feels like weekly there is some type of heavy loss that relates to death. Part of my own difficulty with reading news like this is thinking of the innocent lives that were abruptly taken.

I attended the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA) conference in Orlando on August 2 – 3, 2018. I met some wonderful colleagues who were doing great work in their communities, and my presentation on “Working with the Mother-Daughter Relationship” was well attended and sparked lively discussion.