08/02/2023
Let's talk safety! Emotional safety, that is. Well, and sometimes it's physical safety too!
When you are in session with me, either in person or online, basically you can trust that I won't spill your secrets to anyone else. You can tell me the good, the bad, and the ugly and it ends at me. I won't judge you or think about what an awful person you are (because you're not!) or anything like that. I will tell you that sometimes we have to make hard decisions that others don't understand; that sometimes we have to make decisions for our own survival; and that sometimes we make decisions out of ignorance that things can be different or better. I promise that you can't tell me anything that I haven't been trained to hear.
Now part of this is that sometimes clients tell me that they are thinking or planning su***de or they're so angry they want to kill or hurt someone else. So what happens then? At that point, the client and I will talk about physical safety. Can they keep themselves safe? Is the other person safe from them? The black and gold picture is a sign I kept in my office when I worked in schools. It reminds kids that wanting to hurt themselves or someone else or if someone is hurting them, it's about keeping them safe. No judgement; just safety.
It's hard to feel safe with someone you don't know so next time I will introduce myself and give you a little background on me. See you next time!
