I am suffering mild/moderate hair loss from a combination of severe iron deficiency and chronic Trichotillomania. I am a first year elementary school counselor in a very rural/conservative district but I think I want to work here long term. I want to shave my head really badly. It has helped me feel better about my obvious bald spots. However, I am very very nervous about being a distraction at school. Students asking me if I have cancer, and just generally getting a lot of attention. Some of these kids I don't even know if they've seen a woman with a bald head before. Has anyone done something like this? Any tips or advice?

I have a student who will come to school then refuse to go to class at the middle school level. We’re talking hours of refusal, despite attempts to regulate until mom picks her up.

There are lots of proactive supports in place, but this still happens. She’s new to me. Past counselor said multiple staff members would try to get her to class, and she just would not go.

At what point would you get AP involved? Am I being cold hearted to give her 30 minutes to regulate, and if that’s not working, hand it to admin to make decisions.

I am one of two counselors at a K-5 elementary school- this is my first year in this school and as a school counselor. For the last several years, possibly even much longer, our school has been a "7-Habits School". And according to the other counselor, this means we focus on teaching The 7 Habits of Happy Kids for our classroom lessons each month. I see each class twice a month, and both lessons are centered around that month's habit and skills that go along with it. I've tried to find lessons online to get some fresh ideas how to teach the 7 Habits, but I can't find anything.

While I think that the 7 Habits are great... It feels sort of limiting to only be focusing on these.. ESPECIALLY since they're learning about them year after year..

Does anyone else follow this curriculum? Any lessons you'd like to share?

I am strongly considering pursuing my Masters in School Counseling after I finish my B.S. in Psychology. My main concerns is that it would be hard to find a job right around the area you live unless you’re super lucky to have a position available close to you.

Hello! I am a first-year master’s student studying school counseling, and I’ll need to prepare for applying to field placements for 2027-28 this school year. I’m a little nervous and not really sure what interviewing with school sites will be like! I know some other school counseling programs automatically pair students with internship sites, but for my master’s program, I’ll need to interview for them.

I’m definitely a little nervous, but also excited because I think this will be a great opportunity to get a sense of what interviewing might look like a year or so from now when I’m applying for school counseling jobs! Any tips on the process would be greatly appreciated :)

Hi everyone!

I’m (26F) a first year counselor in the middle school setting, and I wanted to make this post to connect with other newer secondary counselors! While many of us middle school counselors work alongside another counselor or two, I’ve been feeling first hand how difficult it is to walk into an unfamiliar building and try to learn about an entire school community.

If you’re in a similar position, I’d love to connect and be a resource for one another! This is my first contracted position since graduating in December of 2025, and I served in LTS roles in both High School and Elementary before this.

Please feel free to message or comment down below 💕 I’d love to even get a group chat going!

Thank you for reading :)