Category: About Me
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Reflections of a Social Worker – Happy Social Work Month! (Part 1)
This post celebrates Social Work Month and shares personal experiences in school-based social work and substance abuse rehabilitation. The author emphasizes the challenges, rewards, and important lessons learned in both environments. Reflecting on the impact of these experiences, the author highlights the need for empathy and support for marginalized populations.…
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Healing Trauma: Exploring How Collective Trauma Impacts Younger Generations (Part 8)
Younger generations, Gen Z and Millennials, are facing a mental health crisis with higher rates of depression and anxiety compared to older generations. Factors such as 9/11, school shootings, and social media have significantly impacted their mental well-being. Their reactions are a response to prolonged and unprecedented stress, not a…
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We Are Hiring!
Building Hope Counseling Services in Massachusetts, a virtual counseling service, is hiring therapists passionate about trauma recovery and mental health. The job offers flexibility, marketing support, and a fee-for-service pay structure. Ideal candidates are LCSWs, LICSWs, LMHCs, LPCs, or LMFTs. Interested? Email your resume to mikaela@buildinghopema.com for an interview.
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Lessons, Love, and Loss in my 28th Year (Subscriber’s Only!)
The author reflects on turning 28, highlighting personal growth, professional achievements, and cherished experiences. They share milestones including travel, animal companionship, and career advancements. Lessons learned involve self-worth, resilience, and letting go. Looking ahead, they set goals for their counseling center, career development, and personal enjoyment, emphasizing gratitude and contentment…
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A Year in Review
In the year since Building Hope Counseling Services opened, the practice has served over 50 diverse clients with a high retention and attendance rate. The counselor underwent trauma therapy (EMDR) training, mentored at Suffolk University, and learned valuable business and professional boundaries while growing her practice. The company also initiated…
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To Be A Therapist in a Dystopian Hellscape
Being a therapist in a turbulent 2023, amid societal division and global crises, is likened to trying to extinguish an uncontrolled fire, applying inadequate bandages, and confronting a sense of personal insufficiency. Yet, it also offers feelings of humanity, pride, honor, profound doubts, and constant hope. Ultimately, providing connection proves…
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A Journey of Service
The author describes a lifelong passion for service, nurtured from childhood acts of community service through to a career as a therapist. Inspired by parental examples, the author has engaged in service activities, including feeding the homeless, cleaning the church, tutoring, and various service-oriented jobs. Combining a desire to help…
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