Counseltations

05/10/2026

We wish all the mothers, step mothers, adoptive mothers, bonus mothers, angel mothers, pup mothers, cat mothers and all those who give love to make our world a more nurturing place. Happy Mother’s Day!

04/24/2026

Teachers and School Counselors
There is a doctoral study on Capassion Fatigue being conducted and Lindsy Maxwell needs your help. Please reach out to her to participate via email at [email protected]

04/24/2026

We want to wish Lisa a happiest of birthdays today! She is our amazing Office Manager since 2012 and is Employee of the Year once again! Happy Birthday!🎈🎁🎂

04/10/2026

Registration is open for the 2026 Dauphin County Addictions Conference! This event will be held on May 18-19 at Penn State Harrisburg and feature a variety of presentations, including guest speaker Sam Quinones! Scan the QR code on the attached flyer or use the following link to register: bit.ly/Registration_DCAC26. We hope to see you there!

04/09/2026

Join us on Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at PaTTAN Harrisburg for Programming for Multilingual Learners! This session addresses inclusive assessment practices to support individualized programming for multilingual learners. Participants will explore planning strategies for post-secondary success. Relevant policies, such as Act 1, will also be reviewed to inform comprehensive student planning.

To register or learn more, visit: https://bit.ly/4u2nGGa

* Lunch will be provided, and school-based mental health staff will receive 5 CEUs.

04/06/2026

Codependency rarely announces itself. It tends to look like love, deep care, loyalty, always being there. It only starts to feel different when you notice that your emotional state has become almost entirely dependent on another person's, that their problems have become your responsibility, and that somewhere in all of that you've stopped existing as a separate person.

The defining feature of codependency isn't how much you love someone. It's that the relationship has consumed the parts of you that exist outside it. Your needs, your identity, your ability to tolerate their struggle without making it yours to solve.

You can love someone deeply and still remain your own person. That distinction is everything.

04/03/2026

04/01/2026

Type BRAIN if you want the link to this poster and lesson that goes with it and I’ll send it to you.

When a child yells, shuts down, runs off, or completely freezes, it is not random. It's most likely the stress response.

Fight.
Flight.
Freeze.

That reaction comes from the hardworking part of the brain that is wired to protect us. When something feels threatening, even if it is just a hard assignment or a social problem, the brain reacts fast. Thinking gets harder. Listening gets harder. Making good choices gets harder.

And Your Brave, Hardworking Brain lesson teaches kids what is actually happening. What fight can look like. What flight can look like. What freeze can look like. And why their body feels buzzy, angry, panicked, or stuck. And most importantly, what helps the brain settle so the thinking part can come back online.

When kids understand the stress response, it stops being “What is wrong with me?” and starts being “Oh. My brain is trying to protect me.”

If you want the full lesson, type BRAIN and I’ll send the link.

03/28/2026

When it comes to managing anxiety, we get better in INCREMENTS. Something that used to stress you out 100% now only stresses you out 98%. You remember ONE coping skill; you use ONE coping tool; you remember ONE phrase from your self-talk script.

We move the needle inch by inch.

03/28/2026

Knowing you overreacted and actually owning it out loud are two very different things. Most people stay stuck in the gap between them because admitting it feels like losing something. But in a relationship, that kind of honesty is exactly what rebuilds the ground after a rupture.

The scripts on this post do something specific. They name what happened without making excuses, acknowledge the impact on your partner, and open the door to understanding what was actually going on underneath. That last part matters. Overreactions almost always have a source, and addressing it is what prevents the same moment from happening again.

Admitting you lost control takes more strength than pretending you were justified.