by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 26, 2008 | Career
The comprehensive exam for graduation from the master’s program in counseling proved to be less daunting than I’d expected. Though I won’t know the score for about 30 days, I feel comfortable that I achieved a score that will permit me to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 10, 2008 | Career
Next week marks the mid point of this term in graduate school. I’m putting in hours at a local day center for homeless persons. It’s sort of a social work triage center. The case workers there have to be prepared for almost anything on any given day-...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 8, 2007 | Career, counseling
In the course of my counseling orientation class, I came across this “Voice from the Field” quote in the textbook- Introduction to Counseling (6th edition) (Kottler, Shepard 2008) page 21….”I do different things on different days. On some days...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 8, 2007 | Career, counseling, Prayer of St. Francis
First, a bit of history…..The Peace Prayer of St. Francis is a famous prayer which first appeared around the year 1915 A.D., and which embodies the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi’s simplicity and poverty. According to Father Kajetan Esser, OFM, the author...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 10, 2006 | Career
A nearly nine year career as a pharmaceutical sales representative has come to an end. It was one I enjoyed and had sought for a number of years before finally getting a job in it. God allowed me to work at it for these years to “get it out of my system”,...
