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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello All! Obviously, I haven&#8217;t been too active with my posts lately.  This is due to my recent career change from counseling to college teaching. In September 2008, I became a full-time, tenure-track Instructor in the Social Sciences department at Erie Community College (ECC) in Buffalo, NY.  It has been quite an adjustment for me, hence my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=counselorburnout.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4203513&amp;post=100&amp;subd=counselorburnout&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Hate Your Job, but Can&#8217;t Quit?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Berkshire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Hating Your Job But Unable to Quit: Survive a toxic work environment&#8230;until you can get out of it by Laurie Berkshire, M.A.     The realization you work in a &#8220;toxic&#8221; environment  is stressful enough.  Add to that our shaky economic times, ad it can make things worse.   What is a toxic work environment? Well, it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=counselorburnout.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4203513&amp;post=83&amp;subd=counselorburnout&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Things Clients Say That Can Make Me Cringe (and how I respond)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Berkshire</dc:creator>
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		<title>Counselor Survival Tips: an overview</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I started working as a counselor, I had plenty of education&#8230;and no experience. I was eaten alive! The following is an overview of some wisdom I&#8217;ve picked up over the years. I am always looking for more ways to make myself better, both personally and professionally, so there will be more to come. But [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=counselorburnout.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4203513&amp;post=9&amp;subd=counselorburnout&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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