SUICIDE PREVENTION – Know the warning signs …
Those of us who work in counseling are told it’s not a matter of if, but when we will lose a client to suicide. I’m happy to […]
05
Sep
2016
Articles by Dr. James Scott, Jr.
Scott Free Clinic Blog
05
Sep
2016
Engaging the world through our work …
On July 4, 1776, King George III of England entered in his diary, “Nothing of significance happened today.” In reading that, you have to keep in mind […]
01
Sep
2016
A critical step in the process of grieving …
If there was something I wish I had a magical power over, it would grief. Grieving the loss of someone we love is one of life’s most […]
31
Aug
2016
What reframing your thoughts means …
My general disdain for platitudes isn’t a secret. The reason for my dislike of platitudes (often found plastered all over social media) is because they’re more untrue […]
24
Aug
2016
Life is more complex than the toss of a coin …
How would you like your future to be dependent on the toss of a coin? That’s a risk not worth taking, but it was the real-life experience […]
23
Aug
2016
Choosing to be a responsible adult …
I learned early in life to be a responsible person by having unfettered freedom at an early age. Not long after my mom died just as I […]
22
Aug
2016
Managing your mental file cabinet …
In our mind, we have a “mental file” for everyone and everything in our lives. We cannot get out of our “mental file cabinet” anything that isn’t […]
20
Aug
2016
This wrecked a general’s career, it can wreck your life, too …
On November 1, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln promoted Major General George B. McClellan to the position of General-in-Chief over all the Union armies during our nation’s Civil […]
19
Aug
2016
BOOK REVIEW: A good book with a story-telling flaw …
“I Don’t Wait Anymore” (written by Grace Thornton, published by Zondervan) is a good book. The subtitle of this slick hardback — “Letting Go of Expectations and […]
18
Aug
2016
Living with the long view in mind …
The crux of one of the greatest challenges we human beings experience is that we are grossly impatient creatures living in a broken world that will not […]