One of my favorite discussions in class was when Lee talked to us about the history clients bring with them to our therapy room. And how therapy is another context where by they are receiving alternate inputs on how to live their life or alter the choices they have already made. As I sit with clients now, I cant help imagine the added, compounded effect of my interaction with them and the pressure they are facing to improve, get better, and get healthier.
Sleep, eat, exercise, on a regular basis - can this be the magical formula for every one? how do we help them negotiate their social contracts they have with each other? How do we help the socially anxious and less extraverted people recognize the value of relationships in their life? How do we essentially help them get out of their own way of progress and change.
I guess the question is, what is our own epistemology making changes in our lives. How do we as therapists make the decisions we make? If we are less clear about how we inform our world view and decisions, does that impede our attempts at helping others figure out their own pathways? Should the doctor heal himself or herself before healing the patient?
Andrew Young spoke few weeks ago and he said there is so much around us today, we have a hard time choosing what to get angry about. We also have a hard time choosing on what is right and what is the right amount of goodness to improve our lives. It's an ebb and flow situation.
Sleep, eat, exercise, on a regular basis - can this be the magical formula for every one? how do we help them negotiate their social contracts they have with each other? How do we help the socially anxious and less extraverted people recognize the value of relationships in their life? How do we essentially help them get out of their own way of progress and change.
I guess the question is, what is our own epistemology making changes in our lives. How do we as therapists make the decisions we make? If we are less clear about how we inform our world view and decisions, does that impede our attempts at helping others figure out their own pathways? Should the doctor heal himself or herself before healing the patient?
Andrew Young spoke few weeks ago and he said there is so much around us today, we have a hard time choosing what to get angry about. We also have a hard time choosing on what is right and what is the right amount of goodness to improve our lives. It's an ebb and flow situation.
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