Beth Hebert and Anita Watson are the counselors at Sakai.  Students request appointments for a wide range of problems which may take their attention away from being successful at Sakai.  Staff or parents may also request that a student meet with the counselor.  For more information about counseling, feel free to call any time.

Sakai's Counseling Mission Statement:

As Sakai’s school counselors, we have a strong belief in Positive Psychology and strive to incorporate these tenets into our school counseling practice.  The core assumptions of Positive Psychology are:

• Relationships are the key to success
• Positive focus leads to positive outcomes
• Humans have a distinct ability to change
• Strengths are fuel for change
• There are strengths in every child, youth, family and community

 As professional school counselors, we are committed to:

• Abide by the professional school counseling ethics as advocated by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA).
• Work and cooperate with teachers, administrators, parents and community resources to strive for the goal of academic, personal/social, and career success for all students. Assist all students through individual and group counseling, classroom guidance lessons, collaboration, consultation, advocacy, and leadership
• Consider all students, regardless of their ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, religious or spiritual identity, socioeconomic status or learning differences when planning and implementing the school counseling program
• Strive to be preventative in design and geared toward the developmental stages of all students as they move through their schooling career
• Respect all students’ values and beliefs and not impose our personal values
• Participate in professional development activities essential to maintain a quality school counseling program
• Be knowledgeable of laws, regulations, and policies related to students
• Be an advocate for all students