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As developing counselors, we become hyper-focused on the when. When will I be licensed? I urge that the more important question to ask is how. If we shift our focus to the question of how we become less fixated on a timeline and more invested in a process. The only way future, appointed-with-authority you can make an impact is if current, developing you is bold enough to confront the questions that need to be asked to lead you to the solutions you will contribute to bringing to fruition.
current insights
The practice of counseling requires that we live as fully ourselves. Here, I share my life away from my desk. My hope is that you will come for a notebook full of personal development reflections and prompts to promote a value-aligned, creatively fulfilling life as a practicing clinician. And will stay because you feel less alone in your work, more encouraged as a woman...and like you just might start a creative writing practice for the joy of it.
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GREENS DRINKING, JESUS BELIEVING, ANTI-PERFECTIONISM ACTIVIST HERE FOR THOSE "UGH-YOU'RE TOO DEEP" CONVERSATIONS THAT CALL YOU HIGHER.
Hey, I'm Claire-Madeline. The only stranger you'd trust to read your journal.
I was raised by two generations of women in a town where four generations of my family had lived since they “got off the boat” from Italy, as they say. I’m all about identifying the unspoken narratives we’ve inherited, and doing the generational work of re-writing the story in what we write and how we live. There’s loss in this, but there’s also joy - there’s so much joy.
find yourself in my story in my monthly <3 to <3s
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I believe that letter writing is *not* a dying art. (But I *am* thankful for the expediency of e-mail.) Tell me your virtual address so you can receive my weekly letters. Part journal, part craft talk, 100% empowerment.
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Let's Do The Work
I help you steward your journey home to yourself off the page as a mental health counseling graduate student intern. Learn how I work, book into a lets-get-to-know-eachother call, or hop on the waitlist here.
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