As I sit down with my family this Thanksgiving Day, I have much to be thankful for . . . and my online community of readers and commenters are a big part of that.
As you celebrate your own holiday this season, I hope you will take a moment to check out this video and share your own thoughts below.
Good morning! I was making my way through my email inbox yesterday when I ran across an interesting email exchange on one of the online discussion lists that I belong to.
A therapist had posted a request asking for the name of other therapists who work with relationship issues to possibly refer a client to and this is what my colleague, Christine Allison, MA, NCC wrote back on the list . . . .
I am in the same building as Dee [another mental health professional], in Northwest Denver, easily accessible from Arvada. Dee is FABULOUS and very experienced, and I definitely recommend her. That said, I am fabulous in my own way, and I would be willing to see this individual on a sliding scale .
[my own emphasis] I really enjoy working with clients on relationship and communication issues. Feel free to give her my phone # below.”
Now here’s why Christine’s post caught my eye . . . . Dee Marcotte, MS, MA, LPC is a seasoned counselor in Denver, Colorado who has the reputation of being a wise mentor to many new therapists in the area. Christine and Dee office in the same building and I suspect Dee has been a mentor to Christine, too. So here’s the smart and savvy part – Christine took time in a very public way to generously tip her hat to her mentor and then she also took the opportunity to enthusiastically throw her own name out as a possible resource, too! Nice job, Christine!
In giving a nod to another mental health professional, Christine is
By tossing her own name into the list of possibilities alongside Dee’s name, Christine is also
So, what’s the take away for you? Find a colleague or organization that you can associate yourself with and then . . . TOOT THEIR HORN and YOURS, TOO!
Do you know of a more seasoned counselor
who has helped you on your journey? Perhaps she has been generous with her time or put you in touch with a key player in your community or shared a terrific resource with you. That is the very person that you do not want to forget to thank.
Here are 10 ways to say “thank you” in a memorable way:
So . . . who is it that you need to thank and how are you going to say it? Got any memorable ideas to share?
You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.” ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach ~
Given the changing face of health care,
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the roller coaster economy, and the general upheaval in the world, it’s easy to focus on our fears and frustrations. However, what I know is that most of us still have much to be grateful for.
At our house, we are celebrating our first Thanksgiving with our puppy, Opie, and yet another Thanksgiving with our two older dogs, Punky and Taylor; I am grateful for an ever-growing circle of friends and family, a strong business with a steady stream of clients and referral sources, and continued opportunities to teach; I am grateful for my partner of 14 years and I am grateful for you who takes the time to drop in here.
Today, what is it that you are thankful for?
Tamara G. Suttle, M.Ed., LPC has maintained a private clinical practice since 1991 and founded Private Practice from the Inside Out in 2003. She has spent almost 20 years consulting and teaching marketing strategies to health care professionals like you. You can learn more about her clinical practice at her website.
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