Counselling - Terrifying As It Is Exhilarating..!
So, last Friday afternoon, I arranged to meet someone for an hour where I used my collated skills and knowledge of 3.5 years of training, in an effort to try to address their real life problems and guide them through their psyche.
It's essentially terrifying as it is exhilarating. It is also difficult to write about it, without breaking Data Protection, so you won't hear anything about their issues, but more about what is going on within my head.
The trick was staying 'present' - i.e. not drifting into your own thoughts and instead staying with their emotions and underlying layers they may be unveiling.
The hardest bit for me? Not panicking at not knowing what exactly will happen and be said over the forthcoming sixty minutes, when it is just you, them and thinking on your feet (or to be accurate, on THEIR feet...)
It's essentially terrifying as it is exhilarating. It is also difficult to write about it, without breaking Data Protection, so you won't hear anything about their issues, but more about what is going on within my head.
The trick was staying 'present' - i.e. not drifting into your own thoughts and instead staying with their emotions and underlying layers they may be unveiling.
The hardest bit for me? Not panicking at not knowing what exactly will happen and be said over the forthcoming sixty minutes, when it is just you, them and thinking on your feet (or to be accurate, on THEIR feet...)