Self-Talk: What does the counseling process look like?
This next blog post in the series for counselors focuses on the need to identify the self-talk that counselees say to themselves about themselves. This enables the counseling process to explore the cracks in the foundation of the “house” (the self), and begin to recognize the ingrained Core Irrational Beliefs (CIB) coined by Albert Ellis […]
Counseling: A Walking With Experience
I think that counseling is more of a “walking with” experience rather than a “telling” experience. What exactly do I mean by that? Well, one of the often held misconceptions of counseling is that people come in and we, as counselors, have all the answers to all of life’s problems, and when we tell them what to […]
Who Are You, Really?
Do you ever look in the mirror and wonder who it is that is looking back at you? Or do you ever think you appear one way, but others tell you they think something that is completely the opposite? Do you hear voices in your head (and no, I do not mean literally, and am not […]