Counsellors! Experts In Not Being Experts!

Perhaps one of the strangest juxtapositions of learning how to "be" a Humanistic Counsellor might just surprise you! In so many professional roles, the idea is to become expert at what it is you do. This takes time, energy and practice to master.

Being a Humanistic Counsellor means learning to empower YOU, allowing YOU to be the expert alongside me. In that simple way, it becomes a unity, a symbiosis of intention with one goal - helping you overcome what has got you stuck!

It works by developing expertise in knowing when to gently invite you to contribute answers to simple questions, or compassionately challenge your thoughts or set beliefs. It's never about imposing my will or telling you what to do. Because I don't have the answers, I believe that you do and together, we can find them!

So not to put too fine a point on it, Counsellors train hard to learn when to shut up. We learn the difference between our processes and yours. We discover an appreciation and love of YOUR innate capacity for change and growth. Sure, we bring a lot of reading and theory to the table, but filtered through the most powerful tool in our toolbox...

Our hearts!

The key will always be in the relationship we develop. Everything else is useful to have on hand and a piece of it all, but ultimately our expertise is knowing who the expert of YOU really is. Spoiler alert! It's YOU!

You bring the challenges, I'll bring the knowledge and together, we heal the wounds.