By Harold W. Anderson, M.A., M.Div., Ph.D., LMFT As with every discipline, mental health and its related fields have developed its own vocabulary. Learning how to become a mental health professional includes learning how to be comfortable with and utilize this form of discourse. However, when one moves into the field and begins working withContinue reading “Am I speaking your language?”
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Leading the Pais (Child): A Discourse on Pedagogy
Pedagogy comes from two Greek words meaning “child” (pais) and “leader” (agōgos) from the verb “to lead” (agein). Thinker: Pedagogy. Sophist: Say what? Thinker: Pedagogy. Sophist: I know, I know. I heard you the first time. What the hell is that? Thinker: Have you gone to school? Sophist: Well yea. Can’t say that I likedContinue reading “Leading the Pais (Child): A Discourse on Pedagogy”
Harold and the Art of Asking Questions: A Short Autobiography
But moments of truth are infinitely better than platitudes of lies, which seek to undermine our democracy and hinder the promise of freedom to which the liberal experiment of the American Republic has been so fervently dedicated. I remember a Sunday School class I was taking when I must have been around 9 or 10Continue reading “Harold and the Art of Asking Questions: A Short Autobiography”