After 30 years as a counsellor, I sometimes feel like I've heard it all. This is, of course, until a new person walks through my door with the stories that make them unique, and almost immediately I am hooked. As I listen to those stories, and while I take notice of what it is that they want to work on, I usually find myself feeling incredibly privileged that they have chosen to share their vulnerability with me. One such person is a middle-aged man, who has three young children. In his early forties, he works as a health professional assisting young people during the day, and in his free time follows hobbies which many of us enjoy.
Read moreIt's All In the Way We Frame It
Recently, I sat having breakfast with a friend. She was telling me about someone in her life, and how she is struggling to rebuild a relationship which as outsiders looking in, sounds to us like it has run it's course.
"She tells me that she would rather work on it, because she can't cope with so much time alone Louise!" my friend told me, "But I tell her it's all about how she looks at it.
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