joanlcsw
| Forum role | Member since | Last activity | Topics created | Replies created |
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| Member | Aug 26, 2015 (10 years) |
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Bio
I am a facilitator and guide, helping my clients explore their inner lives, their observations, behavior and relationships. Together we bring clarity to your concerns, making sense of your struggles in a new way. I am often told by clients and friends that I have a calm manner that puts them at ease. Clients have mentioned that they like the balance I offer of listening and responding. A lot of the healing and growing that happens in therapy is about the connection with another person.
While I have extensive training and education, the way that I work with people has always been a part of me. I have always been drawn to people's stories and histories whether in the comfort of my therapy office, at the kitchen table of a caregiving spouse, or at the bedside of a hospice patient. It may have started as a quiet child in a large family sitting around the table listening to the adults talking amongst themselves. I was like a sponge soaking up their stories, opinions, and memories. That may have formed my tendency to see all points of view.