GRADED: Short-Term Counseling

We’ve all been told school counseling should be short-term and goal-focused, and most of us have tried to follow that rule: running six-week groups, setting goals, and wrapping things up quickly.But when those same students show up in your office again weeks later- or their behavior backslides the moment your group ends- you’re left wondering:Was it the student… or was it me?In this episode, we’re talking about the deeper truth behind short-term counseling:Why it feels like failure,How it leaves counselors holding the emotional bag, andWhat it really means to “stay in scope” when the needs run deeper than the time allows.How does short-term counseling really measure up?And when the grade gets revealed… will you agree?*********************************⭐️ Want support with real-world strategies that actually work on your campus? We’re doing that every day in the School for School Counselors Mastermind. Come join us! ⭐️**********************************Our goal at School for School Counselors is to help school counselors stay on fire, make huge impacts for students, and catalyze change for our roles through grassroots advocacy and collaboration. Listen to get to know more about us and our mission, feel empowered and inspired, and set yourself up for success in the wonderful world of school counseling. This work is part of the School for School Counselors body of work developed by Steph Johnson, LPC, CSC, which centers role authority over role drift, consultative practice over fix-it culture, adult-designed systems and environments as primary drivers of student behavior, clinical judgment over compliance, and school counselor identity as leadership within complex systems.