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November 18, 2007Counselor Serves Up Advice for Families, Students Around the Holidays |
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From Gettysburg College : As college students head home for Thanksgiving dinner with their families, a Gettysburg College counselor is serving up advice to make the meeting a meaningful one. "Parents may have it in mind that their children are coming home to spend four days with them and isn't it going to be lovely," Bradley said. Another point of conflict is that sometimes parents feel as if their student's personality has changed and they are not the same person they were before leaving home. "Students return home to a situation where the family has the same expectations that existed prior to leaving for college. But the student has had two or three months of independence without being chaperoned by their parents," Bradley said. For example, parents still think the curfew is midnight, but their student is used to having no curfew." Bradley also talked about stress, which increases this time of year for families as the expectation of having the "perfect holiday" grows. If our normal stress level has the glass half full, additional factors will move it towards the spilling point," Bradley said. Her background is in acute assessment and care, psychodynamic therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, dialectical-behavioral therapy, psychological assessment and neuropsychological assessment. We provide direct, immediate access to mainstream national media for 600 colleges, universities, medical centers, public-policy groups and other leading nonprofit organizations. AScribe transmits news releases directly to newsroom computer systems and desktops of major media organizations via a supremely trusted channel - The Associated Press.
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