"Helping Students Move Forward" - with Laura Verkamp
Can high school students find purpose?
Listen in: Helping Student Move Forward - with Laura Verkamp
Welcome to another episode of our ongoing series, Stories in the Weeds. If you’ve listened to previous episodes, then you know that these personal stories provide insight into professional counseling, from both the client and the therapist perspective.
Today, we are talking to Laura Verkamp, a high school counselor at a public school in Missouri and a married mom of three kids. As she shares about the daunting prospect of helping high schoolers with the challenges of friendships, academic stress, and anxiety, we hope you can see that navigating the trials of life is easier with a patient, wise, encouraging counselor or therapist in your corner.
Listen as Austin asks Laura about a “typical” day in the life of a school counselor - if there is one! Their discussion reveals what Laura sees as the top stressors in the lives of high school students today, and the unique ways that she equips them to keep moving forward even in the midst of challenges.
What brings Laura the most joy in her job is seeing her students grow. From the first day of school, to the last day of class, one thing is certain: kids are longing to learn, mature, and overcome the obstacles that may be in their way.
As you listen, you might be motivated to seek professional counseling as a way to understand yourself better and learn tools for healthy coping. Life is messy, but having someone with you in the mess can make all the difference in the world!
Deciding who you are going to marry might be the most important decision you’ll ever make. Anyone can “get married”, but the bigger, more important question is, how do you STAY married?
Next week, join us for the start of our NEW fall series, Making Marriage Work. We’ve chosen that title because it implies effort, it implies intentionality, and it indicates that marriage doesn’t work when left unattended.
We’ll be covering topics like how to know who to marry, the realities of marriage, communication issues, trust, boundaries, conflict triggers, divorce predictors, and more! You won’t want to miss it.
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