I am a wounded healer. I remember a professor in graduate school telling our class that most counselors are wounded healers. As human beings, we gravitate toward what we know. As counselors, many of us are attracted to this work because of our difficult life experiences. These events in our
Tag: Resilience
T heresa Eschmann, a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and addiction family specialist in private practice in St. Louis, experienced firsthand the power of denial in adult children of parents with alcohol use disorders. All her life, Eschmann had witnessed her mother struggle with this disorder, yet upon finding her mother
Many clients are tempted by the lure of obtaining ‘happiness,’ but counselors can help identify goals and ways of living that ultimately offer more enduring satisfaction.
Like the dandelion, we can learn to persevere in the most unlikely of circumstances.