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10 Ways School Counselors Can Support Students with EFT – Part 2
This is Part 2 of a 3-part series. In the last part of this series, I shared how school counselors can use Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to support students with emotional regulation, introducing stealth tapping, and building resilience. In this part of the...
10 Ways School Counselors Can Support Students with EFT – Part 1
This is Part 1 of a 3-part series. As a school counselor, regardless of which age you work with, you know that a significant part of your job is to help your students navigate challenges they face and equip them with tools they need to succeed. As a former school...
The Most Important Self-Care Strategy I Was Missing
About 8 years ago, I thought I had a solid self-care routine. I was careful about what I ate, avoiding sugar and processed foods. I was exercising more than I ever had in my life, training for sprint triathlons 6 days per week, pushing my body beyond what I thought I...
How I Used Trauma-Informed Practices to Help a Student Return to Class in 20 Minutes
Have you ever had a student who verbally beats himself up? How about the student who has a hopeless or pessimistic view of self? Or the student who lacks the ability to hold their focus in class? These are all examples of a potential trauma response. Trauma When most...
3 Ways to Cope with Educator Burnout using EFT
Take a quick peek at social media on a Sunday evening and you are bound to come across an education-related meme referencing the “Sunday Night Blues”. You may have even posted one yourself. You’re familiar with that sinking feeling; the one that comes over you when...
What Can You Do When Your Worries Keep You Up at Night?
Have you ever found yourself lying awake at night, tossing and turning because something happened during your day at school that still really bothers you? Your worries have taken over. You replay the situation over and over again in your head. Your emotions become...
How to Cope with the Stress at the Beginning of the School Year
The beginning of the school year can bring a variety of different emotions, especially if you are an educator. As a School Counselor, I felt eager and excited to bring the students into school and help them open their locker, read their schedule, find their way, get...
How This School Counselor Found EFT
As a School Counselor with 25 years of experience, I tried every trick in the book to help my students cope with their emotional struggles and have used those same strategies for myself: deep breathing, meditation, visualization, reframing, positive thinking, etc. I...
Why We Need EFT in Schools
Throughout my 25 year career as a School Counselor, I saw a significant increase in the level of anxiety from the time I started, but particularly since the onset of Covid. When students came to my office for help, they were emotionally dysregulated. They were...