Q: While education, examination, and supervised experience are the most common things you need to do, each state has different requirements to obtain full licensure. Research these specific requirements very carefully. Material published by your state’s licensing board will be the most reliable guide. Complete all these requirements to ensure that you are legally recognized as a licensed professional counselor. Once you’re sure you’ve fulfilled all requirements, you need to fill out a formal application to receive your license. Research the application process in your state. In most cases, you will simply have to provide evidence -- such as exam results -- that you have completed the licensing requirements. You will then be granted your official license. Research the rules in your state about maintaining your counseling license. You will usually have to officially renew it periodically, and often you will have to take some continuing education courses to show that you’re up-to-date in your field. If anything about the licensing process is ever unclear to you, ask officials for help. Usually, you will be able to email or call your state’s licensing board to clarify anything or resolve any problems you may have.
A: Research any additional requirements for licensing in your state. Apply officially for your license. Maintain your license by renewing it and taking continuing education courses. Contact the licensing board in your state if you have any questions or problems.

Q: Conditioner restores hair health with beneficial oils. If you have naturally greasy hair, however, the extra weight of these oils can make your hair limp. Minimize this effect with this approach:  Use a small dollop of conditioner. Apply conditioner only to to the tips of your hair, not at the roots. Rinse it out thoroughly. These approaches are not one-size-fits all, so it may takes some experiment. The results can be well worth it if you have naturally oily hair. Here are a few options:  Switch to a volumizing or lightweight conditioner, or a light oil such as jojoba. If you have healthy hair with no breakage problems, try skipping conditioner completely, or at least every second or third wash. If you have fine, oily hair, try using conditioner first, then removing it by applying a small amount of shampoo. This strips away most of the heavy conditioner, without entirely removing the benefit. This may work best with a deep conditioner or a special "pre-shampoo" product. The effect is most noticeable on fine hair, although it's unlikely to solve the problem on its own. Leave the shampoo in a few minutes before rinsing. Some people find they get more volume from a dry, leave-in shampoo. Instead of shampooing while you wash, just apply corn starch to your hair and tousle it in thoroughly. Mix the corn starch with cocoa powder first if you have dark hair.
A: Reduce your conditioner use. Try more radical changes to your conditioner. Switch to a volumizing shampoo. Switch to a dry corn starch shampoo.

Q: They would much prefer to avoid a human and, if given the chance, will escape rather than attack you. The problems humans face with snakes usually arise due to accidental encounters or human actions towards the snake––both of these problems can be managed from the human side, as this article will explain. Snakes like to be hidden most of the time but warmer weather or surfaces can entice them out to sun themselves too. For the most part, snakes like such places as under rocks, on ledges, in trees, inside hollow logs, under wood piles and in shrubbery. They can also be found in water––both land and water-based snakes can swim. Things to note include: Snakes are masters of camouflage. They can easily be overlooked for leaf litter, sticks and plant materials. This is why you are at greater risk of encountering a snake when going off-path and into thick vegetation. The human defensive skill when walking amid potentially dangerous wildlife is vision and whenever human sight is reduced, the risk increases. However, they can hear through their inner ear via their jawbone, and what they hear are vibrations. Thus, having a heavy footfall as you walk will help to alert a snake you're coming, allowing it to slither off in the opposite direction. This inability to hear in the same way that we do can be used to your advantage, as you can alert your fellow humans that you have come across a snake without any concern that your talking will aggravate it. As already explained, snakes don't want to attack humans but there is one guaranteed reason a snake will seek to bite a human and that is when the snake feels threatened. A snakebite is a defensive reaction, not a deliberate attack. After all, it wants to live as much as you do. A snake will most likely feel threatened when:  You tread on it. While this may seem unfair, it's a case of the snake not knowing what has suddenly landed on it and you being surprised at its presence. Surprise is something you can control and prevent. The snake is cornered. A snake, like any animal, will react unkindly to feeling it has no escape from a potential predator (yes, you look like a predator to a snake, as you're much larger and you're moving). Some snakes are more fiercely defensive than others, so always presume a snake will fight its utmost to stay alive. You hassle the snake in any way, such as chasing it, throwing rocks at it, trying to pick it up, or worse still, trying to kill it. Knowing when a snake is turning defensive can help you to take fast evasive action. Things to watch for include:  The snake curls itself up; in some snake species, this can be a sign it is getting ready to strike. The snake raises its head. When done in reaction to an encounter, it is a fairly good indicator that the snake is getting ready to strike. Striking distance of a snake is generally about half the snake's body length but you should give the snake at least double that length of space between you and it. Moreover, this is dependent on the snake type, hence the need for learning more about the snakes in your walking area, before you go walking. A lazy-looking snake is as capable of attacking as an active one. A snake is able to attack from any position, so assume that any snake needs to be avoided. Baby snakes are harder to see and likely to be more easily frightened than an adult snake and are just as dangerous if threatened. Dead snakes can still bite, due to biting reflexes and venom lasts a long time post death. Hence, obey the best rule of all in relation to snakes––don't touch. While we may (or may not) have the same fear reactions to snakes as other primates, we have the advantage of learning to help us to manage such fear. We have many things to fear in our daily lives, but we manage these things through learning and better understanding. For example, we know not to step out in front of a moving car because we have learned what the outcome will be if we do. Snakes are no different––the more we learn and adjust our behaviour accordingly, the better we can stay safe and avoid snakes. Moreover, if we cannot avoid a snake encounter, we can at least know how to react to increase the chances that both human and snake depart each other's company unscathed. The remaining steps will help you to better understand how to avoid snakes and how to cope should you come across one.
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Realize that the majority of snakes do not seek an encounter with humans. Know where snakes hang out. Be aware that snakes hear differently from humans, as they lack external ears. Understand what causes a snake to attack a human. Know what to be wary of in the snake's body language. Assume nothing about a snake's willingness or otherwise to attack. Learn more about snakes.