I am alive:Back to blogging

Yes everyone, I am still alive and kicking. I recognize that it has been close to a year since the last time I submitted any type of blog. I have been on a hiatus of sorts from writing any type of blog publicly. At this time I have decided to return to blogging. A lot has happened over the past 12 months. I am not prepared to go into great detail on this blog entry, because this is far too complicated and complex to discuss on a single blog. However I believe it's time to return to blogging.

For those of you that are just now following my blog, this blog is about the counseling profession. This blog is also about disability issues and the self advocacy movement. I am still very much deeply in love with this profession. For someone that is 27 years of age, I can't believe all the opportunities that have been afforded to me at such of the young age. My specialty to date has been working with individuals that have experienced complex trauma issues. I've had the opportunity of to receive clinical supervision from my clinical supervisor John Mayo. He has taught me to operate from a family systems and a straights-based perspective is a way to provide treatment to the population. I focus on strengths of my clients instead of pathology. I do this with the population where it's easy to focus on pathology instead of students. However I still believe that using this of perspective it is a better way to provide treatment to clients.

The volume of my practice had definitely increased. I am beginning to see more more complex cases.I have begun to see a lot of stuff that I have only read about in textbooks. This has been both exciting and scary at the same time. I find myself going back to the fundamentals of counseling. Focused on the therapeutic relationship I have with my client. I'm learning a lot every day. I am being challenged every day. this is a very good thing.


I have had the distinct privilege of doing some consulting with self advocacy group with a team of people. This is something that I will talk about in future blogs. Consultant is only one component of my practice.

In the fall of 2014 I anticipate applying for a doctorate programs in Education. For many of you that have been following me you thought it was going to be this year. The past 12 months have been very interesting and a lot has changed in my own professional and personal life. The doctorate program you need to be placed on hold why I get some stuff organized. I feel at peace at this.

Over the next couple of blogs I will be diving into the past couple of months. I'm very excited to be returning to writing publicly again.This blog will discuss the perspective that I have about counseling and the disability rights movement in the state of Florida