Posted by Daisym on August 9, 2008, at 0:57:03
In reply to Thank you all, posted by llurpsienoodle on August 9, 2008, at 0:19:41
Huh. I guess I thought you'd been pretty open about your training. But it doesn't really matter. You come here as a hurting person and slowly reveal all different aspects of yourself. I think that is what we all do. And lots of people here have professional abilitites they talk about and then not so much. It is a given that we never can do for ourselves what we can do for others.
And no, I don't think you have to have your sh&t together, completely and forever, to be a really good therapist. Have you ever read anything from Annie Rogers? - she is one of my favorite writers. "A Shining Affliction" touches me very deeply every time I read it. She is a therapist and a gifted one but struggles with her illness. Other books that I like that are written by therapists struggling with their own sh*T - "Undercurrents" and "An Unquiet Mind."
You are so not alone, honey. Give yourself a break.
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