This morning, I took this photo of the sunrise.
Staring out of my dirty windshield.
My winter vacation has come to a demise.
Time to return to the counseling field.
Laying around in my pajamas had to end.
However, the purple and pink sky help mend,
my vacation nostalgic heart,
as long as every morning I get to stare at this art.
Enjoy life little things..spiritually thing :)
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Agreed! So much in life to enjoy! ;)
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I'd love to read a personal reflection on your work from you. I mean I've churned through a few counsellors in my time. I'd love to hear a story from one :)
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What kind of story? I am bound by confidentiality, so I am limited on what I can share. It is hard for me to talk about my career or go too personal because of my career. I love my career, and I want to keep it. I'm always thinking of my future in it. I catch myself asking questions like, "would I want people from my current job reading this, or knowing this about me?" "If I ever go for another job, how will this reflect upon me?" "Is this too personal?" "If my client read something too personal about me, how might that impact the counseling relationship?"So if you notice that I stray from certain things, or only go so far, it is because of that. I'm really like an open book in a lot of ways, but I have to be limited because Steemit is so public.
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I think you're right. I forget that actually, so, apologies. In my last job I was a Project Manager that gave people with mental health issues a chance in life. I'd hire them and show them that they can be awesome too. But a big part of that was keeping the things that I share now away from the public eye. I would have been crucified for what I said and it would have taken me down a peg or two in my clients eyes. Sometimes it's beneficial to be on a pedestal, especially when you're trying to show these guys the way.
Now that I'm out, I'm no holds barred haha. I doubt now, with the things that I've shared about myself I can ever get into a position of trust ever again. Not that what I've shared is bad, only that I'll never be seen as an authority with my widespread digital footprint.
My aim these last 3 years has been healing others through personal reflection :)
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I think the perspective you take right now through personal reflection and sharing your personal stories are wonderful! It is brave and raw. It is actually hard for me to hold back because I am an open book for the most part, except I try to sensor myself some in my career. However, in the mental health field, you have to be careful what you share about yourself. I don't want people to see me on a pedestal, but I don't want them to think "hmm, this heffer is supposed to help me?" LOL!
I am not a stuffy counselor that only says "hmm, tell me more about that" by any means. Maybe when I was a student in my learning stages, but now that I'm more confident in being a counselor, I take more of a conversational approach when talking to people and let my sense of humor run. It works great with some, not so much with some... but the beauty in that, is that I work with 3 other great counselors who I can refer them to and hopefully between the 4 of us, they find a counselor that fits their needs.
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Sounds good! Yeah, when I say pedestal I only meant they wouldn't view me as someone that could help them after reading some of my reflective stories haha!
I'm the same. The more confident I became and the more I relaxed around my clients the more success I began to have. But like you say, you win some and then you lose some!
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Absolutely agree! You just have to remind yourself you cannot take it personal because you're not going to click with everyone.
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One of my favourite sayings is "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink it"
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That is true. I feel like it is different in counseling though. Counseling success is solely based on if you can develop rapport with a person. I don't look at not developing rapport as a fault on a client or a counselor. Counseling is a relationship between a counselor and a client, and just like any relationship, it cannot be forced. If it doesn't work, it just doesn't work. I always tell people to find a counselor that fits their personality, needs, values, etc. I hate when people give up because they didn't click with the first counselor they tried out.
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Make that money girl!
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You know it!
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