Jennifer See’s Blog
Blog Post: Private Practice Chronicles, Part 2: Change It Up
When I wrote my original business plan, I had a concrete vision for what I wanted my private practice to look like and the clients I wanted to serve. Adults, 18 and above only, 8-5, Monday through Friday. Period. This was my plan from the beginning, and whenever I...
Blog Post: Private Practice Chronicles, Part I: No One Cares About Your Business
I am nine months-plus into owning and running my private practice. From my first night in grad school through successive various agency work, it was my goal to work for myself as a sole practitioner. I opened my official doors on August 1, 2016 and want to share with...
Blog Post: Why I Hate the Phrase “Get Over It”
The woman looked at me with tears streaming down her face. “I know I should be over this already,” she said. “But I’m getting worse.” This particular woman had lost her healthy husband of 40+ years suddenly in an accident. About six months had passed when we spoke. We...
Blog Post: Productive or Destructive?
Recently I had a client facing a tough weekend situation – a family reunion of sorts, and he had no idea what the outcome would be after the visit. Of course, he knew what HE wanted the outcome to be……a reconciliation…….but had zero clue which way it would fall out....
Blog Post: Now
I want to switch jobs, but... I 'm not satisfied with my relationship, but it's okay for now. There's never a good time to start my own business. Maybe in a few years. Once the kids get older, we'll travel. We'll save more money once we x, y and z. As a counselor, I...
Blog Post: Listening
I used to run a life skills group at an alternative high school for 10 at-risk boys. These boys were products of broken homes and expelled from their regular schools due to various run-ins with the law. Many of these boys were one adjudication away from being locked...
Blog Post: Inspiration
Recently I was pouting about a real estate deal gone wrong, and when I say pouting, I mean pouting. Big Time. I was in a foul mood, hunched over my computer, pouring over emails and contracts and just feeling, well....blah. I began searching through pictures of the...
Blog Post: Change
I recently spoke with a friend who dropped off her third and last child at college, at a university nearly four hours away. She and her husband of 25 years are now officially “empty nesters,” and she was, as any person is in a transition situation, experiencing a...
Blog Post: Adventure
I'm a runner. I try and run at least four to five times a week, and have specific routes and distances that I run. Depending on the day and amount of time I have, I knock out between three and five miles. The other morning, I woke up while everyone in my house was...
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