Bringing Gifted to the Mastering Counseling Podcast
I tell some of my story, describe some of the gifted experience, and discuss ways to help gifted clients through counseling, coaching, and Improv.
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People Who Get Me: A Gifted, Neurodivergent, Group Coaching Experience
Once you’ve realized that your giftedness has everything to do with the way you interact with the world, the next, inevitable steps are toward recalibrating, reorienting, and living a life more aligned with who you are. This group provides gifted adults a space to explore their neurodivergences in a virtual room full of other outliers. In my years working with gifted people, I’ve seen that loneliness is the most common affliction of the uncommon, and People Who Get Me (PWGM) is designed to be a balm and a laboratory.
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Location… Most Everywhere. Gifted and Growing is a 100% Virtual Practice. I’d planned to shift into online work prior to the events of 2020, and I’ve come to learn that having a virtual practice is just as effective and has so much benefit for clients. Alongside the rapid expansion of interest in and availability of…
What is your definition of gifted?
Gifted and giftedness definitions continue to evolve as our understanding does. This blog post gives a glimpse of my briefest working definiton.
Now Licensed in South Carolina, Too.
Gifted adolescents and adults in South Carolina have a new choice for counseling. I’m now licensed there and can help.
PERFECTIONISM IS AWESOME (and terrible)
Perfectionism is a function of the gifted mind that can foster defeat or success. It all depends on how you use it. Adaptively or maladaptively.
More People To Get More Access to Mental Health Services. You, too Gifted!
Since 2020, twenty-eight state legislatures have enacted legislation to become a part of the Counseling Compact, which will allow Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors (LCMHC) in Compact states to work with clients from any of the other states without have to gain licensure there. In short, it means that if you live in West Virginia,…
Lights Up! Improv is Back.
Gifted folks are infamous for our conscientiousness and drive. This can look like hard work that tips into overwork, a search for excellence that tips into perfectionism, a striving for right-living that tips into chronic dissatisfaction. So many of us are trying to just be here now and enjoy our lives. We try all manner…
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Laugh Your Way Through It
When was the last time you actually had fun at a workshop? Not that “organized fun” kind of fun, but the kind that really resonated with YOU and your own unique sense of humor? We use lots of tools to help us grow and heal throughout our lives, and one too rarely taken seriously is:…
Gifted Groups
People Who Get Me: A Gifted Neurodivergent Group Experience Once you’ve realized that your giftedness has everything to do with the way you interact with the world, the next, inevitable steps are toward recalibrating, reorienting, and living a life more aligned with who you are. This group provides gifted adults a space to explore their…
Improvisational Living for the Gifted: Why Fool Around With Improv?
Fourteen years old, gifted, autistic, gender non-binary – I remember the moment that they allowed spontaneity to happen. they went from nervous and tense to free and flowing in an instant. They laughed and came alive, transforming from feeling withdrawn and unsure to feeling accepted and seen. My heart swelled, and the whole group smiled….
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Get in touch If you’d like to speak via phone or secure video to get your questions answered and determine if we’re a good fit, we can do that. We can also connect via email or with the contact form below. My practice is 100% online Before the world abruptly changed in March, 2020, I…
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About Who I am and what to expect You’re Here. Come on in… If you’ve navigated to this page, then you identify with what you’re seeing. If you’re seeking counseling, coaching, or improv, let’s schedule a free, 20 minute Zoom consultation to discern together whether I can be a good fit for your needs. If…
Is your teen Gifted?
Is your teen gifted? I had my child’s IQ tested, and their Full Scale IQ or GAI exceeds 130 (you can skip the rest of this quiz!) 1. Intensity in one or more of these areas: Intellect, Emotions, Imagination, Senses, Physical Activity2. Enjoys intellectual conversation and activities3. Language skills developed early in life (speech, writing)4….
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Are you Gifted?
Are you gifted? I had my IQ tested, and my Full Scale IQ or GAI exceeds 130 (you can skip the rest of this quiz!) 1. People tell me that I’m “too” (too intense, too productive, too ‘in my head’, etc.)2. Learning new things is something I’m doing most all the time3. I have intense…
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