Did you go Public With Your Private Counselor?

Sally_Rubenstone
Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:19:33 +0000

I have an article stashed in my files that I hand out to prospective counseling clients, if they want it, called, “What an Independent Counselor Can, Can’t, and Could (but Shouldn’t) Do.”

Among the bullet items under the “Can’t” heading they’ll find:

**-See the student in the context of his classmates, and—in particular— in relation to classmates who have applied to the same college(s).

-Have a clear sense of how that student is regarded by teachers, administrators, and other students and of how much the school will support this student’s candidacy to particular colleges.

-Be knowledgeable about a high school’s relationship with a particular college and with the history of students that have been admitted and denied.**

So these are some of the reasons that communication between the private and school-based counselor can be helpful to all concerned. But, even so, the majority of my clients are still not comfortable telling their school counselor that they are receiving additional help.