...what if no one gets in touch with an intention to see me as their therapist!!
Having these thoughts reminded me of just how impactful it feels to be a client, feeling overwhelmed and anxious in their everyday lives, jobs, relationships and wondering what they must do to in some way 'move forward'. My tutors in training used the mantra "Trust the process", and whilst I eventually saw what they meant by this, for clients this might not be something they have experienced before and require a helping hand to support them on their journey...
...and hopefully this is where we as counsellors come in. I have experienced first-hand the power of therapy and the trust that gets established between two people in a room. 'Sounds simple, but it's anything but. However, when trust is established clients get to spend time they might have never had before to examine their inner-most thoughts and deepest feelings, and start to piece together what might be going on for them. I know this process works. But the sense of uncertainty and doubts that bring clients to us in the first place take time, and it is this 'space' that opens up for them in a way which they feel heard, seen, trusted, and above all allowed to just be themselves as they really want to be, and not some version of themselves they use to mask, 'out there'.
I get it. Hence my website's name, Therapy gets it', and together we have the potential to do so much good in the world, provided the right conditions are in place to do so. I believe therapy is this space, to grow and thrive, and to be who you really want to be, to be accepted for who you really are.