D r. Charleen Wilder, clinical director of Upside Therapy and Evaluation Center in Plano, Texas, may be earning a living as a clinical psychologist today, but at an early age, she was cultivating her gift of counseling through journaling.
Her high school journals bear witness to daily accounts of advice, triumph, and stressful teenage ups and downs that led the way to her life-long mission. Every pen stroke revealed the truth of the day. It exposed setbacks and progress. It built wisdom and memorable moments for future reflections.
Journaling became her end of the day self-expression that closed another chapter or opened a new one…