“Do you only do relationship counseling?”
Someone asked me this a couple days ago. Well, yes and no. First, the no part: I see people who are grieving, people who have career problems, and people who just need someone to help them through a rough time in their life. I mainly work with people on relationship problems, but people are complex, so that means my work is complex.
But I also think that in a lot of situations, relationships are really what most people are working on, even if it seems like they have a career problem, or a financial problem, or some other issue. Most people spend a majority of their waking life at work, and that means they’re interacting with people, and that means relationships. And more often than not, when someone is going through a rough time, there’s a friendship or relationship or family situation that they’re dealing with, and when we focus on those relationships, we make a lot of progress.
Think about all the people in your life… family, friends, co-workers, spouse or partner (or your wish to find a spouse or partner)… in our work together, I can pretty much guarantee that we’ll be doing some “relationship counseling”!
November 15th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
Ahh yes, but what about the relationship with self? That is what you are teaching me to do, and like I said in your office today: “I truly believe that you can’t have a good relationship with another unless you have a good relationship with self.”