Big news for California Counselors!

NCC Legislative Alert

October 12, 2009

California Becomes 50th State to License Counselors

California Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, signed SB 788, legislation establishing licensure for mental health counselors. With the addition of California, this means that there is licensure for counselors in all states.

NBCC would like to recognize the hard work of the California Coalition for Counselor Licensure (CCCL) as well as the countless dedicated counselors and graduate students who have written, called and visited legislators.

Specific information, including requirements and implementation dates, is posted on the CCCL Web site at www.caccl.org.

Again, thank you for your support of the counseling profession.

Sincerely,

Thomas W. Clawson, Ed.D, NCC, LPC

President and CEO

National Board for Certified Counselors

California Coalition for Counselor Licensure

P.O. Box 6493, Ventura, CA 93006-6493

Email: info@caccl.org Website: www.caccl.org

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

October 12, 2009

CALIFORNIA’S GOVERNOR SIGNS the COUNSELOR LICENSURE BILL!

SB 788 BECOMES LAW IN CALIFORNIA

After seven years and three bills, CCCL is proud to announce that its third bill has been approved by California’s Legislature and signed into law by its Governor. This would not have been possible without the dedicated counselors and graduate students throughout the state, and the state and national organizations that support professional counseling.

Girls' Weekend in Antwerp

Belgium... land of amazing chocolate, waffles, friets and great beer... can you think of a better place to go for girls' weekend? We were sad that our friend Jenn couldn't join us as planned, but we made the most of our night away anyway.

Out celebrating

We decided to celebrate our "unanniversary" at our favorite Dutch restaurant tonight, called Op de Tuin, which means, on the garden. They had a new menu last night, very wintery, and some amazing vegetarian croquettes. So Dutch, but so yummy!

Letting the cat out of the bag, one year later...

As most of you know, because you were there, our wedding was on November 15th, 2008. However, what we didn't announce, but are now going to, is that exactly one year ago from today, according to the state of California, we actually became legally married.

On October 8th, 2008 we went to the Alameda County office and signed all of the forms to get hitched! We needed to get the paperwork done sooner than mid-late November because we were moving abroad so shortly after our wedding, so we decided to expedite the paperwork process.

It was so much fun! We told a few people, and Dave's best friend John was there to witness the event, but it really felt like we were sneaking away somewhere and getting married. It was casual, romantic, we made totally adorable spontaneous little speeches to each other, and we simply had a great time as you'll see in the photos below.

We did not announce it sooner because we did not want to take anything away from the magic that occurred at our wedding. We wanted that night to be special, and as you know if you were there, it totally was. Declaring our commitment to each other in front of our dearest friends, our families, and with our rabbi was very important to us. We'd do it all over again if we had the chance.










HAPPY ONE YEAR OF CIVIL MARRIAGE, MY LOVE!
 

Getting into the Halloween spirit

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#6 isn't too shabby!

The best countries to live in list came out and the Netherlands is #6. Not bad! Yes, Monica, no need to rub it in... Norway was #1. :)



The top ten countries listed on the index are: Norway, Australia, Iceland, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, France, Switzerland and Japan.
 

full moon over our street tonight

Taco Salad night!

It's October... it's fall

September was a gorgeous month here in Amsterdam (possibly my favorite month since we've moved here), but as it came to a close the grey clouds, cool breeze, and rain drops returned. October is here and so is autumn in full force.

Men are wearing sweaters and the ladies have dusted off their trendy euro boots. It was still mostly dark this morning around 7am when we woke up. Winter is not too far away...

I think my husband might be Canadian now

I was hungry for most of the day, but I'm not anymore!

Kol Nidre services at a very special place

Tonight we will have the pleasure of attending Kol Nidre services at the Portuguese Synagogue here in Amsterdam. This construction of this synagogue began in 1671. There are not normally services held here, they only have them on special occasions, so it's a real treat to experience them there.

Bikes and canal cruises... exploring Amsterdam

My aunt and uncle are here visiting!

Look who I got to see today!!!!

Flying from Norway to Los Angeles is not so bad when your flight connects in Amsterdam...

Quote of the Day: Rosh Hashana

"How about that germy shofar? Everyone took a blow."
 

My favorite Rabbi and his darling family

L'Shana Tova 5770

Girls' Weekend!!!!

Speaking of travel planning, my girlfriends here (Jenn, Lauren and Crystal) and I decided to plan a girls-only weekend trip. In a few weeks we're going to drive down to Antwerp and stay there overnight. Not sure what there is to see/do there, but I think we're going to have fun no matter what we end up doing. It'll be one big slumber party in Belgium!

Exciting travel news!

Well, not much has been happening here because I've been quite sick this past week. However, with all of the down time we've managed to sit down and plan some great trips for the fall. We are starting to feel like our time here is running out! Along with a Germany trip in late November and a trip to the South of France in December, we have decided to go to Israel.

Yes, we know Israel is not Europe, but it's way easier to get to Israel from Amsterdam compared to trying to get there from California. I went to Israel 10 years ago, and Dave has never been. So it is sure to be an exciting trip.

Anyone have any recommendations of places to stay in either Tel Aviv or Jerusalem?