The Perils of the Mental Health Professional
Between thirty to sixty percent of all mental health therapist leave their position within a year. I was one of
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Earl Yarington (LMSW) is a social worker and school bus driver. He taught literature and writing for nearly 20 years and spent 3 years working in forensic social work internships with offending populations, including work at Delaware Correctional facilities and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He has a PhD in literature and criticism (feminism/women writers) from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Master of Social Work from Louisiana State University, and an interdisciplinary Master of Liberal Arts from Arizona State University, where he studied the impact of visual image and girlhood in media/social media. He also has an MA and BS in English from SUNY College at Brockport. The opinions and analyses that Earl writes are his own and are not necessarily the positions or views of his employers, the agencies he supports, or that of his colleagues. Reach out with comments or questions.
Author: Earl Yarington
When Exactly Did Walz File His Retirement Paperwork?
I am relieved that there is a Harris-Walz ticket this year instead of a Biden-Harris one. As I noted before,
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Trump will lose in November
President Barack Obama’s presence in the White House brought Donald Trump to the presidency and the January 6th rioters to the Capital. Kamala Harris may just be the person to bring Trump and his seething hate down to reality.
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Write in a Name on Election Day; Biden and Trump are a Threat to National Security
On voting day, I will write in a name, maybe Taylor Swift. I suggest you all write in one, too.
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The Master of Fakeness: How Higher Education Exploits Students to Bring in Cash Flow
One of the best things I wrote was my master’s thesis on D.H. Lawrence back in 2000. While writing and revising it, I almost gave up. That was the point, though. The whole point of mastering something is to prove that you are good at it, right? And this is where the MFA or MA in creative writing is a total fake. Such has been allowed by our accreditation agencies, but that is a whole other story.
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Songs of Lancashire
One day, out of somewhere, someone like you, Over the rainbow, a whiter shade of pale, at last, A Wigan
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No, Your Partner is Not a Narcissist, Just a Jerk: A Refresher
A few years ago, gaslighting was all the rage. Then gaslighting faded and the newest fad is that everyone we
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Diesel School Buses are Environmentally Friendly if Used Correctly
As a school bus driver, I’ve often heard about the benefits of electric school buses over diesel ones. Though these arguments may sound valid, if we take a closer look at actual school bus transportation, electric school buses may cause more environmental harm.
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How (not) to be Alone
Similar to Anne, my personal tragedy, though nothing that measures Anne’s struggles, pulled be out of my set demographic group. I am supposed to be married and at least have kids in high school. I am supposed to be happy in a relationship with a woman my age, and I need a body that looks like a man of my age’s body.
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