Here we are, welcome to the New Hope Blog, Hard Wired, with wit and wisdom from none other than Skosh Jacobsen, therapist by day, researcher by night, always perusing the planet for nifty news and views to enrich the culture.
I was hoping to set this up so that when you click on the link and the blog page opens, you would smell a delicious pot of Mountain Hope Coffee brewing in the background and hear Pacalbel’s Canon in D playing, but I’m setting this up all by myself and I haven’t been able to figure out how to add all of those features – yet.. (Give me some time…)
Why a blog?
I want to contribute to the wealth of information out there in the electronic world. I want to give “Counseling” a face – in hopes that people who are unfamiliar with professional care providers’ services can get a small flavor of what they might be getting in to, that maybe this could take away some of the stigma, and unpack some of the possibilities to open up a way for – – New Hope.
Something new has been added?
So let me start with introducing the new features that you’ll find on the newly remodeled New Hope Counseling and Services Website (which you can now access easier with skosh.org.) First of all, if you’ve ever been here before, you’ll notice right away that the old self-published (lame, yes admit it, they were LAME) web pages created by none other than “Moi” are gone [whoops, mostly gone!] (Oh let us REJOICE!) They never did fit the screen and the tile effect was just not something to brag about.
There’s a story about that –
You know, when I created the original website, I liked the idea of font over photo and picked some lovely scenery that I or someone near me had photographed…I wondered what that layout reminded me of, and one day, when I was up in the balcony at church singing, I looked down at the small square projector screen hanging at the front of the sanctuary with the song lyrics and BEHOLD! — it looked remarkably like a monitor screen with a webpage, MY WEBPAGE! and I realized it was the EXACT layout of my web pages! (So much for novelty!) Dancing Ant Designs
A wonderful web designer at Dancing Ant Designs has created a whole new look, utilizing the provocative penguin photo as the logo, which I purchased from a French photographer over the internet. I have to give my Number One Son credit for that! He knew I liked penguins and found the picture years ago, and I spent years locating that French photographer and cutting a deal. You’ll notice numerous penguin and other Arctic photos from time to time at the website, and those are the artwork of Guillaume Dargaud (www.gdargaud.net/). (Isn’t the internet amazing!)
Speaking of the Internet
That brings me to another exciting part of this web blog – - I read a lot, listen a lot and am learning all of the time, so often I will be writing about news in research or interesting subjects having to do with Psychology in our world today, or anything else that might be interesting to share with the blog-reading world that might have something to do with enriching one’s livelihood, embedded with links to the resources as much as possible in upcoming blog articles. I may throw in a movie review or music lyrics, or a poem, if I think it is meaningful in a way that helps others to look at life-learning.
On the new home page
On the new homepage, you’ll find a link to upcoming events, speaking engagements and parenting classes. Sorry, but I’m not planning any cruises to Baja or anything like that (leastwise, not for now). There is now a link from the home page to a web page that announces the insurance companies which are being added, or that may be in process to become effective in the near future. Paneling with insurance companies can take two to three months and updating web pages takes some time, so feel free to call if you need to know about progress on an insurance company that you don’t see.
Things to come –
A new feature at the website will be a photo page for those who are interested, so that you can see where you will be going and know a little bit more of what you can expect when you get to the counseling office. And those of you who have been there before will be able to catch up on the waiting room remodel – many of you have been so encouraging while we stepped around open beams, leaning door casings and stacks of moulding and complimented the construction as my husband worked his day job and then went and worked until all hours of the night to take the BIG room of the Marysville Office and create a waiting room that allows for confidentiality as you enter and leave. What a guy!
Soon and very soon -
Soon to be added will be an FYI/FAQ page to help sort out some of the ideas about coming to counseling.
Available now – Client Comments Page
And another item you can peruse if it interests you is a page with “true confessions” of satisfied clients. I have been fortunate to have a few delighted patrons who have written a little bit about what has been useful for them while coming to counseling.
Through it all
It is my greatest hope that you will find a place to share with others what has been meaningful for you, and that you might find resources that will bring you New Hope.
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