Counseling

I just thought i'd post this get it off my chest, I had school today. At the end of the day i thought maybe i'd go in and talk with my guidence counceler. Just to get it all out there, today was much harder then it should have been. Anyways i walk in the office and she asks me what i want, and i think i was nice about it i didn't have an attitude or anything ( at least i don't think i did) i just told her i wanted to talk to her. And she told me these are her words "i'm to busy today sam, come back tomorrow."

so yeah i guess i don't even matter to my own school counsler either

that is unfortunate sammi, im sorry thats the response you got.

sometimes these school councillors dont have any time and they try to make time but sometimes they can get so snowed under with work they really cant talk to you. maybe try booking an appointment, these things normally require appointments etc, so go in tomorrow and ask to either see her then or if you can book an appointment. dont take her response to heart, she probably didnt realise how badly you needed her and that it would upset you. she more than likely didnt mean it in a nasty way.

how come today was harder than it should have been, what happened? do you want to talk about it here as you couldnt speak to the school councillor?

speak soon

People don't always realise how much even the most innocent words can hurt. If she was busy she should have handled it better and at least gave you a definate time to came back so that you won't be in the same situation tomorrow...

I hope that things will get better for you, and soon!

Hang in there sammi

even 20 years ago at a very small school (one school building with K-12 and totaling about 140-200 students) that I went to there wasn't enough time in one day for the guidence counselor, psychiatrist and school nurse to get to everyone even once a week that needed them (theres 5 school days and 6 hour school day thats 30 hours a week to check in with 140 students and take care of the emergencys of those being abused or having a mental problem, family problems, boyfriend - girlfriend problems, this one suididal and that one on drugs, and so many other problems) and our school nurse was on site every day and taught 4 health classes every day, as was the guidance counselor and the psychiatrist was on site three days a week.

now with all the government cuts to school programs alot of schools don't have full time nurses, gudance counselors or even a part time psychiatrist. here one therapist with one agency travels the local schools and is in each school only day every two weeks. and those schools are K-5th with close to 6oo hundrend students - 20 - 25 kids per grade and 2 and three classrooms for the same grade level aged children. the same for jr high and high schools around here.

If your school is any thing like this it is quite possible that your guidance counselor had a schedule to keep to in order to take care of everyone on her caseload.

Maybe instead of popping in on her for a chat you can pop in and say something like I know you are probably very busy is there a time w hen I can come in with in the next day or two to talk to you about something?

This way the guidance counselor sees you understand her situation of a very heavy schedule and will more then happily pull out her daily planner and set up an appointment for you where you can have her undevided attention and the two of you can work specifically on your problem.

<font color="darkblue">Be sure you take her up on her offer: go in early tomorrow to see what time you should come back to talk!

Of course you matter! She was probably having a stressful day hersefl and she snapped at you for no reason.

When you go back tomorrow.. tell her that she hurt your feelings by speaking to you that way.

Hang in there! Peace...

I'm with you faith, I wonder if she was having a bad day herself. You *do* matter Sammi.

thanks all you guys, i did go back today. I didn't really ask her about yesterday or anything. But thanks all for the support

Hey Sammi - glad you went back. Was she better today?

I hope it works out for you. I never like my school guidance counselor. Did you schedule a time to talk?

glad you went back..hope this year is great for you!!!

she's not really nicest woman but she's sombody to talk to that listens