Dr. Scott Koenig, Psy.D

01/20/2025

Hi everyone! I wanted to share some insights and resources about testing accommodations for standardized exams. This is such an important topic for students striving to reach their potential, and I thought these materials might help others in the group who are navigating similar challenges.

If anyone has experience with this or would like to share tips, I’d love to hear your thoughts!”

01/20/2025

10/16/2024

Welcome To Holland

By Emily Perl Kingsley

I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this......

When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.

After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The flight attendant comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland."

"Holland?!?" you say. "What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy."

But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay.

The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It's just a different place.

So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.

It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around.... and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills....and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.

But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy... and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."

And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away... because the loss of that dream is a very very significant loss.

But... if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things ... about Holland.

02/18/2024

In my practice, one of the areas I focus on is “Emotional Intelligence.” Throughout the years, I have observed significant differences in how people define and perceive this important concept. I recently came across this all-encompassing article and have since been sharing it with clients and colleagues. As we continue to help others understand the emotions that drive behavior and the impact that behavior has on others, I hope you will find this to be a useful tool at both the individual and organizational level.

Using these 4 key skills, you can improve your emotional intelligence and increase your success at work, school, and in your relationships.