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Professional School CounselorDavid "Catfish" NashI have achieved a M.Ed. from the Lamar University in School Counseling in 2016. After fifteen years of teaching, I decided to go back to gain my second masters degree. I also hold a M.Ed. in Elementary Education from Florida Atlantic University. I am a devoted husband to my wife Mindy of almost twenty years and an adoring father of two wonderful children, Lily (13), and Truman (10).
My approach to therapy is called Solution Based Focused Therapy. I support clients to identify times in their life when things matched more closely with the future they prefer. Differences and similarities between the two occasions are examined. By bringing small successes to awareness, and supporting clients to repeat their successful choices and behaviors, when the problem is not there or less severe, therapist facilitate client movement towards goals and preferred futures they have identified. |
Personal Philosophy
Therapy is a relationship that works in part because of clearly defined rights and responsibilities held by each person. This frame helps to create the safety to take risks and the support to become empowered to change. As a client in psychotherapy, you have certain rights that are important for you to know about because this is your therapy, whose goal is your well-being. There are also certain limitations to those rights that you should be aware of. As a therapist, I have corresponding responsibilities to you.
Click here for a my formal consent and client responsibility form: example_counseling_school_consent.doc
SCHOOL SERVICES
The period of adolescence is a time of rapid change and growth for students as they approach physical, mental, and emotional maturity. During this stage they desire more independence. experience new responsibilities, and search for social identity. With these new self discoveries, they readjust their role in their family, in their class, and in the world around them.
Our Middle School Guidance Program nurtures and supports students during this transitional stage through a multifaceted program in which Advisor Program serves as the nucleus. The Guidance Counselor oversees the Advisor Program assisting teacher advisors with the facilitative process and group dynamics, and leads many of the program activities. The Advisor Program fosters a positive school climate where our students see their teachers as caring advocates who are interested in their lives and development as well as their academic growth.
Additionally, the counselor serves as a consultant and a resource for the teacher advisors, expanding this service to also include the parents as they readjust parenting methods to fit the changes occurring in their adolescent at home. The counselor works with students who have difficulties with social, emotional and academic issues and maintains close communication with parents throughout the middle school years.
The counselors provide direct service to students and consult and collaborate with faculty, administrators, and families. They serve as resources, as well as direct service providers, in the event of crises. The counselors play a vital role in admissions and assist new students and their families in making a successful transition to school. In addition, the counselors act as liaisons with therapists in the community when a referral for evaluation or ongoing services is warranted. At each level, the program includes educational programs for students and families.
In addition, the Learning Support Program provides support to students who have been identified and assessed with specific learning needs in grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The program provides differentiated learning support, comprehensive academic resources, and extensive guidance for students, parents, and faculty. The focus is on helping students successfully navigate Country Day's curricular expectations and maximize academic potential.
Confidentiality: The Professional School Counselor follows the American SchoolCounselor Association ethical guidelines regarding confidentiality.
Confidentiality may be broken in under certain situation:
• The student presents a threat of danger to self or others.
• The student requests the sharing of information with specified others.
• Court order.
• Professional consultation.
• Reports of neglect or abuse.
• In a group situation, confidentiality is stressed, but difficult to guarantee
Therapy is a relationship that works in part because of clearly defined rights and responsibilities held by each person. This frame helps to create the safety to take risks and the support to become empowered to change. As a client in psychotherapy, you have certain rights that are important for you to know about because this is your therapy, whose goal is your well-being. There are also certain limitations to those rights that you should be aware of. As a therapist, I have corresponding responsibilities to you.
Click here for a my formal consent and client responsibility form: example_counseling_school_consent.doc
SCHOOL SERVICES
The period of adolescence is a time of rapid change and growth for students as they approach physical, mental, and emotional maturity. During this stage they desire more independence. experience new responsibilities, and search for social identity. With these new self discoveries, they readjust their role in their family, in their class, and in the world around them.
Our Middle School Guidance Program nurtures and supports students during this transitional stage through a multifaceted program in which Advisor Program serves as the nucleus. The Guidance Counselor oversees the Advisor Program assisting teacher advisors with the facilitative process and group dynamics, and leads many of the program activities. The Advisor Program fosters a positive school climate where our students see their teachers as caring advocates who are interested in their lives and development as well as their academic growth.
Additionally, the counselor serves as a consultant and a resource for the teacher advisors, expanding this service to also include the parents as they readjust parenting methods to fit the changes occurring in their adolescent at home. The counselor works with students who have difficulties with social, emotional and academic issues and maintains close communication with parents throughout the middle school years.
The counselors provide direct service to students and consult and collaborate with faculty, administrators, and families. They serve as resources, as well as direct service providers, in the event of crises. The counselors play a vital role in admissions and assist new students and their families in making a successful transition to school. In addition, the counselors act as liaisons with therapists in the community when a referral for evaluation or ongoing services is warranted. At each level, the program includes educational programs for students and families.
In addition, the Learning Support Program provides support to students who have been identified and assessed with specific learning needs in grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The program provides differentiated learning support, comprehensive academic resources, and extensive guidance for students, parents, and faculty. The focus is on helping students successfully navigate Country Day's curricular expectations and maximize academic potential.
Confidentiality: The Professional School Counselor follows the American SchoolCounselor Association ethical guidelines regarding confidentiality.
Confidentiality may be broken in under certain situation:
• The student presents a threat of danger to self or others.
• The student requests the sharing of information with specified others.
• Court order.
• Professional consultation.
• Reports of neglect or abuse.
• In a group situation, confidentiality is stressed, but difficult to guarantee
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