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    Elena YeeElena Yee

    Elena Yee is a mental health counselor in the Wellness Center at Alfred University in upstate New York. She received her MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Rhode Island College in Providence, Rhode Island. She is interested in the healing of trauma through EMDR and IFS, effectively assessing for suicidality, increasing diverse representation in college counseling centers, and advocating for the needs of those most vulnerable in our society. You can learn more about Elena at www.linkedin.com/in/elenatyee

     

     

     

    • Self-Compassion vs. Self-Esteem

      Apr 12, 2016
      One of my favorite bloggers is Eric Barker and this past week he had a good one about the truth of self-esteem. The truth being that it's more about self-compassion and I agree. Check out his posting here.
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    • Floating and Unplugging

      Mar 14, 2016
      Even before I decided to return to graduate school for mental health counseling, I was already interested in psychology, and reading news articles or watching videos about mental health and different therapies. I've been particularly interested in how social media and technology has taken up much of our mental and emotional space.
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    • Systemic Self-Care: Is it possible?

      Jan 19, 2016
      Last semester I took my third practicum class, which afforded me the opportunity to delve more deeply into my counselor identity, to learn from my classmates and to apply what I have learned in the past year and summer when meeting with clients. I found that my interaction from my classmates, many of which who had been in the profession for some time, rewarding, challenging and encouraging.
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    • Vive La France

      Nov 16, 2015
      Last week I was reading on the ACA Open Forum about the annual conference being held in Montreal, Canada. It was interesting for me to read how some members felt that ACA is an “American” organization that should hold its conference in the United States. I wonder how some would respond if the conference was in Puerto Rico or Guam forgetting that the U.S. includes territories
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    • A First Year in Graduate School

      Sep 08, 2015
      It’s hard to believe that I’ve finished my first year and first summer in my graduate program in clinical mental health counseling. Here I am with nine courses under my belt and eleven to go before I graduate in May 2017. It has been an interesting experience of being a non-traditional student (i.e. in my early fifties) and as one of the few students of color in my classes.
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