Notes from the Counseling Department

As May comes to a close, many of us are feeling heartbroken, shaken, numb, angry, and many other emotions as we process the news from Buffalo, NY and Uvalde, TX.   There has been so much loss and grief and violence over the last few years and it can feel overwhelming and hopeless.   If this is how the adults are feeling, it's easy to imagine that the children are feeling it as well.  As the adults, it is important for us to acknowledge those feelings in ourselves and our children, and it is important that we do not shy away from appropriately talking about what's happening.  Children, tweens, and even adolescents often take what they hear and create a narrative about events that may not be accurate. If the adults don't help to clear up misunderstandings and talk about what is happening, our students will rely on their own interpretation of events, and will internalize the message that even the adults are too afraid to talk about scary things.   I once had a clinical supervi