YOU and COUNSELING
My inspiration comes from the metaphor of the stained-glass artists who work with lead and glass to create a new stained masterpiece.
This work is arduous, dawdling, it is messy, complex and painful! yet, they labor diligently striving for their aim while step by step they reach the harmony of the multiple elements (colors, shapes, textures, and lines) that originate from the materials.
They do not give up trying to refine the work until perfection.
The completed image cannot be characterized by one or the other element, neither by lead or glass; rather, it is the transformation of these cold, harsh materials and the unity of the whole that is greater than the sum of its parts that give this work substance and meaning (Hess, 1995).
You are that artist.
And this same art of creating stained glass offers a personal metaphor for the experience of counseling. Counseling and stained-glass artistry both aim to fulfill the potential of their subjects to achieve a harmony that goes beyond their individual components. They require technical expertise. Yet technical skill and knowledge are not the substance of either art. Both transcend space and time and are influenced by the artist's and the counselor's personal, social and cultural history.
Just as the artisan transforms the glass and lead and is transformed in the creative moment, so does the counseling transaction transform both you and your counselor.
This personal reflection explores the nature of the art of counseling.
This to me means I am all in it with you. In my counseling, I bring in my life learning tools, my Nursing knowledge and Education expertise all in one,
I am in the business of caring and therefore will not discount the need for your commitment and hard work in counseling
Counseling will allow you to focus on untangling the knots that hinder your ability to be fulfilled, to attend to your mission, develop inner leadership abilities, and in turn cultivate resilience and well-being.
Life doesn’t have to be perfect for you to walk it, all you need is to start walking, be open to learn and be curious. This is the only way that you will say one day “I stumbled much, but continued to stand up and walked with a little more clarity, as I was graced by life’s abundant gifts everyday”.
Together we will work on custom-tailored plan to reach your goal for therapy and help you positively shape the way you live, love, and lead.
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“The secret to your existence is right in front of you, and it manifests itself as all those things you know you should do but you’re avoiding. There is no sense slouching around miserably, when you can aim at what you should have and get it.”