Over the past few years, we've taken an interest in "contested hearings" in child dependency court. That's where the children's welfare system wants to remove a child from their home and one or more of their parents/guardians is "contesting" the order. It goes to court and the judge decides. In our [...]

When you've devoted your life to learning a helping profession — counseling, social work, medicine, etc. — it's hard to think that you might be part of the problem as much as part of the solution. Part of it involves recognizing and mitigating inequities in a multicultural society. Another part of it involves [...]

Oh man, do you remember that Elton John song? I was about 18 or 19, wreaking havoc and leaving wreckage, when it was on Top 40 radio and whenever it played it was a like having a dagger run through my heart. OK, maybe not that bad. Why bring it up now, [...]