Aaron is an 11-year-old boy in a family of five living in a working-class neighborhood. His father and mother are married but experiencing financial stress as they both work minimum-wage jobs to support Judd (age 13), Aaron, and Twila (age 8). Recently their stress has increased as Aaron’s principal has sent messages that both his […]

Prior to beginning work on this week’s discussion, please review Standard 3: Human Relations (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. in the APA’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct. Please also read the Asay and Lal (2014) “Who’s Googled Whom? Trainees’ Internet and Online Social Networking Experiences, Behaviors, and Attitudes with Clients and […]

Personal, Academic, and Professional Goals/Personal Qualities Please describe your interest in pursuing a counseling degree and also please explain why now is the right time to start? I first became interested in Human Services as an adolescent.  It was during that time that I decided I would dedicate my life toward meeting people’s needs by […]

Parenting teens. Hm. I describe teenagers as  “2 year-olds in big bodies.” Their developmental milestones are not very different from the toddler, really. They tend to think they are the center of the universe. They want to stand on their own two feet. And you as the parent must not be seen with them. They […]