Kristen James is a second year graduate student in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program.  She moved to the Ohio Valley from Virginia in order to attend Franciscan and holds a BA in English from Virginia Tech.  If she had free time, she would enjoy spending it writing and with friends; since time is in short demand at the moment, she’s enjoying the opportunities that God has put in her life.  She will be blogging here during the fall semester of 2014 as part of her Pastoral Counseling course, examining topics of relevance to counseling from a Christian and pastoral viewpoint.