Best Counselor Poems

He is out in the hallways wailing like a wailing wall.
I do not get involved until asked, so I stand quietly.
The teacher comes out and tries to reason with him.
I have never met him. He is a preschooler.
Technically I am licensed to aid with K-12th.
He...

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I call Him, Wonderful Counselor.
As I face the unknown, I know He's
out in front of me leading the way,
building my faith as we travel on -
my faithful Steward for ev'ry day.

He is my Wonderful Counselor.
My life is secure in His keeping.
...He won’t...

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Counselor:

Draw to God
Communication
Destroy negative; increase positive
Finding truth
Back to normal
...

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I can't explain these feelings. 
Your concernes are eating me alive.
You want to ship me off, send me away. 
And at this point i'm not quite sure if i want to stay. 
You say self-distruction is on the way and that i'm losing my mind....

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Today was full of paperwork; not my favorite thing.
Not my least favorite thing either – that is cleaning.
No one despises paperwork and cleaning like I do.
This paperwork was long overdue, I am the counselor.

I know there are federal guidelines that have not been met.
I spoke...

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March 26Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on 2Samuel 17-20
Key Verse– 2Samuel 17:14 … The LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel…

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY GOOD COUNSELOR

Lord God, You are my good Counselor, 
coming to help me in my decision-weariness
Thank You...

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You Cannot Call Yourself a Counselor Until
We were told we could not call ourselves counselors
Until we graduated and had our licenses in hand.
We were threatened, so we abided by this sacred rule.

I called a plumber yesterday. He said “I am your plumbing counselor”
I then saw...

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Want to talk?
Silence.
Want to play a game?
Head shake.
Want to put a puzzle together?
Silence.
What can I do to help?
Head shake.
Has someone hurt your feelings?
Silence.
Can you tell me how you are feeling?
Head shake.
You are great at not talking.
I see a glimpse of a glimmer of a smile.
Breakthrough.
Thirty...

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Ever take one of those psychological stress quizzes 
With one of those psychiatrist
Know-it alls?
Me neither.

Ever gonna?
Me neither.

What would be the point?
Oh, my GAWD! You should be depressed.
Stern look.

I’m not.
Then something is wrong with you.
Thanks.

That will be $150. 
You may pay my receptionist on your way...

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I am happily teaching my second grade students two bully-proofing strategies earlier today.
These powerful  anti-bullying techniques are "the thank you" and the "skip away" both invented by me.
First I explain that the mean bullying types are sad inside, so they want others to be...

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My principal is one
Of the best four principals
I have ever met, told me she 
Saw her budget, and the counselor
For her school (our school if you include me)
Gets a counselor for 4 days next year, not 5.

Which means, if I am the counselor, I would
Have...

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Can you come get him today? The teacher texts me. 
I cannot take it. It’s awful. It’s bad, you see.
I rapidly discover it is the child, little Lee.
His story makes me feel sad, a tale not of glee.

The truth is, he thinks the devil lives...

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I have not had the repeated visitor in my room for a while.
I thought maybe he was staying in his room. No such luck.
He was in the office when I went in to print something.
“What are you doing?” he asked me. I did not have...

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I have pictures on top of pictures on top of pictures on my bulletin board.
They are from children, and they never get taken down, they get stapled over.
It is a haphazard, happy pattern, and I plan to never change it as it is unique
And it...

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