Circular Firing Squad

How much of your counselor is in your real life, how did you develop your interest in counselor education, and what country you would move to are some of the questions for the Circular Firing Squad.

Elliott - 0:56

Thanksgiving plans/menus

Stephanie - 12:25

How “counselor-y” Do you act in your real life?

Mitch - 20:06

How did you get interested in Counselor Education?

Marty - 29:16

What is your next non-academic or non-job related challenge (something you have to face or something you would like to learn)

Final Shot - 36:24

Which country would you move to?

What needs to be done in higher ed to care for faculty and students better, what role do you believe faculty should play in supporting student mental health, and a memorable Halloween from your youth are some topics on this episode of Circular Firing Squad.

Elliott - 1:17

What was a fun/memorable Halloween from your youth?

Eric - 9:56

What needs to be done in higher ed to care for faculty and students better? Where is academic leadership missing the mark?

Stephanie - 20:23

Do you miss commercials?

Marty - 28:15

With mental health issues on the rise among students, what role do you believe faculty should play in supporting student well-being, and what boundaries are important to maintain?

Final Shot - 37:05

What would you pick if you were going to a costume party as your favorite DSM/ICD dx?

This live episode answers questions like the most important thing to do in a first session, what’s best for clients and what’s best for you, and the strangest food combination that works for you. Drop-in guests include Carlos Hipolito Delgado, Maria Gonzalez, Michael D’Andrea, Panos Markopoulos, Elvis Huanca Vicente, and Gary Sherck.

In our 75th episode, we are joined by Drs. Edil Torres Rivera and Mariaimeé Gonzalez as guests with questions on decolonizing your counseling program, counseling interventions to deal with the post-apocalypse, and our favorite toy to play with as a child are some of the questions on this episode of Circular Firing Squad.

Commercials that signal the change of the season, counseling courses you would like to change, and the best dish you cooked are some questions in this episode of Circular Firing Squad.

Stephanie - 00:45

Commercials that indicate the changing of the seasons

Elliott - 03:32

What kind of superhero would you be, as a counselor by day and a crime fighter by night?

Marty - 06:00

What core counseling content/andragogy would you like to completely re-write?

Stephanie - 09:52

Do you think counselors make good clients?

Elliott - 15:15

What are some of your Summer to Autumn rituals (e.g., wardrobe shifts, foods)?

Marty - 20:12

What dish is your best? The one you are the proudest of and the one others rave about

Final shot question - 25:25

Preference: Hard cookies that go soft when stale or soft cookies that go hard when stale?

Your most recent challenging professional experience, your thoughts on EMDR, and what organ of the body you would be are some questions on this episode of Circular Firing Squad.

Britt - 1:35

What's the most challenging professional experience you've encountered recently?

Elliott - 12:28

If you were an organ in a body, which one would you be and why?

Mitch - 18:05

What are your thoughts on EMDR?

Marty - 29:48

The question you got from someone this week that gobsmacked you 

Final shot question - 36:08 

Worst spam mail/message

A figure of speech that makes no sense to you, the best part about being a counselor or counselor educator, and what counseling students need to work on in their first year are some of the questions in this episode of Circular Firing Squad.

Elliott - 1:07

What is a figure of speech that has never made sense to you?

Mitch - 3:45

What do you think is most important for new counseling students to work on in their first year in their program?

Marty - 8:45

What is the best part of your counseling/counselor education job?

Elliott - 16:38

What summer Olympic sport would you like to do in this or another life?

Mitch - 22:15

What is on your anti-bucket list?

Marty - 28:42

What is the worst part of vacations?

Final shot question - 33:40

What's your favorite musical

How to cultivate community online, changing expectations of current counseling students, and things to take to make your travel easier are some of the questions on this episode of Circular Firing Squad.

Elliott - 1:00

What is your experience of trying to cultivate community online?

Stephanie - 10:23

Increase in vanity plates - theories?

Marty - 16:24

How have counseling students changed their expectations or programs over the last ten years?

Elliott - 22:54

What is a memory of one of your nicest days ever?

Stephanie - 29:06

What are your codes to other faculty (for example, you don’t want to say something bad, but you want to communicate the student is lacking in some way more personal than in skills alone)

Marty - 36:20

When you go on a trip, whether flying or driving, what do you take to make your travel easier that you think others don’t think about?

Final shot question - 40:50

Your latest snack addiction

How do you manage your scholarly writing, what theories do you think will become obsolete, and how do you get wildlife out of your house are some questions on this episode of Circular Firing Squad.

Elliott - 1:40

What is your best improvisation when trying to get some form of wildlife out of your abode?

Mitch - 12:40

If you could be the best at any profession other than the one you have, what would it be?

Marty - 17:30

How do you manage your scholarly writing? Are you disciplined or disruptive?

Elliott - 24:20

How do you help students with confidence concerns when they start seeing clients?

Mitch - 32:45

What counseling theories do you think or hope will become obsolete?


Marty - 40:00

What old TV shows do you now remember and wished they were still on

Final shot - 46:00

Could you land a plane?

In this episode, the squad looks at how they would remake academia, responding to students who claim to give good advice and our true feelings about Disney.

Britt - 1:18

What is something you've tried multiple times that you've determined you’ll never be good at?

Elliott - 6:20

If you were to remake academia, what significant changes would you execute?

Stephanie - 16:15


How do you feel about Disney?

Mitch - 30:00

What do you say to students who want to enter the profession because they have been told they give good advice?

Marty - 34:46

Have you ever wished bad luck on someone? What’s a story you can share about it?

Final shot question - 41:20

You get stopped for speeding. What is your (successful or not) excuse to the officer?