I work with people who will struggle with something on the job and I'll ask them if they want me to show them something to make it easier for the next time. I almost always get the phrase "I know" put in a sentence from them, meaning they already know what I'm going to show them?
This essay really hit me as it touched my own experience so closely. Imagine you are a 31 year old living in a foreign county with 3 small children. You have just spent 2 years, your own money and lots of effort to earn a graduate degree in counseling and at your congratulatory dinner your beloved "Greatest Generation]" mother]-in-law she doesn't understand why most people need counseling, when they could just talk things over with a friend. In the ensuing years I saw my share of folks who needed therapy, but many more who just needed a confidant and the best I could do for them was to help them identify one.
Before even getting to the essay I can answer the title question from my experience as a retired counselor. Going back 40 years ago I saw the slow progression of "experts " patholgizing life and people in their darkest moments seeking more to explain what was happening to them.
I work with people who will struggle with something on the job and I'll ask them if they want me to show them something to make it easier for the next time. I almost always get the phrase "I know" put in a sentence from them, meaning they already know what I'm going to show them?
Things are tough for a reason
This essay really hit me as it touched my own experience so closely. Imagine you are a 31 year old living in a foreign county with 3 small children. You have just spent 2 years, your own money and lots of effort to earn a graduate degree in counseling and at your congratulatory dinner your beloved "Greatest Generation]" mother]-in-law she doesn't understand why most people need counseling, when they could just talk things over with a friend. In the ensuing years I saw my share of folks who needed therapy, but many more who just needed a confidant and the best I could do for them was to help them identify one.
This is a good reminder when work stress hits.
Before even getting to the essay I can answer the title question from my experience as a retired counselor. Going back 40 years ago I saw the slow progression of "experts " patholgizing life and people in their darkest moments seeking more to explain what was happening to them.