School Counseling Blog: Onward & Upward

Hello and welcome!

My name is Heather Thomas and I started this blog for several reasons. Let me start off by telling you a little about myself:

• I love kids
• I love my work
• I love to share ideas with other people
• I love being creative
• I love to learn new things

A bit more of the nitty-gritty:

• I have worked with at-risk children and their families since 1998
• The bulk of my clinical experience is from working with abused and neglected children (ages 18 months to 19 years) at Whaley Children Center.
• I have worked as an elementary school counselor for 6 years.
• I cover 3 buildings (1,500 students)
• A mix of play therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy is my perfered approach to working with children.
• Trauma response and intervention certification through the TLC Institute
• I took the past year off to obtain my teaching certification (secondary English) and my special education endorsement in Emotional Impairment
• I conducted one of my student teaching positions in a self-contained EI classroom at the middle school level. I taught writing and literature at the high school level. (A full school year's worth & Yes! I'm so glad to have that off of the to-do list.)

Up & Coming:

• I have been offered a spot at Taylor Psychological Clinic & will begin my private practice in September (Yay!)