Why You Need Sanity-Based School Counseling

School for School Counselors Podcast · Aug 3, 2026 · 22m

School counseling on paper and school counseling in real life are not the same job.You were trained to support students, build relationships, and run a comprehensive program. Then you walked onto a campus with an impossible caseload, unclear expectations, constant interruptions, and demands coming from every direction. So you did what good school counselors do: you worked harder.But what if effort was never the missing piece?In this episode, I'm looking at:three places where school counselor training collides with campus realitywhy self-care, better boundaries, and repeated advocacy cannot…