Why most people are wrong about my job.

This week I am in an intensive training learning a new therapy model. This particular model is very researched based so we know it has great results with parents and young kids, so I am excited to learn and implement it in my practice but its wearing me out this week!! This training process starts this week with an intensive training and the training will continue in other ways with consultation and video taping my sessions for a year. Any time your growing and stretching yourself its tough but I think the end result will be well worth it to be a more effective therapist and to supply more effective treatments for the families I see. but I still sometimes wish for that magic wand that would be make it all better instantly but I know there is real value in the struggle. I have come to realize through the process of therapy an external fix is not as meaningful or rewarding as an internal transformation. The most common response when I meet new people and tell them what I do is something like, 'that must be so depressing'. I have certainly been in the field long enough to have horrible days, to face incredible challenges and to bear witness to terrible pain and suffering but what a joy that trumps all of that to be a part of that internal transformation. You see all that pain would still be there, I just get to be part of solution, part of the healing, part of the helping but I can't do any of it for someone, only with someone. (wow doesn't that translate spirtually too! I think I know why God doesn't just step in to fix things for us, our struggle is our growth, our transformation.)

Have a great week! I will post again after I get through this week :0)