1) Not my journey YOURS.


In what I hope to be a series of short articles for a Shropshire based magazine I hope to briefly explore and illuminate numerous areas in the battle against Mental ILL Health stigma. Please enter the discussion by leaving your comments.


My articles will pull very few punches and are written in order to nurture a healthier understanding of mental ill health in our society.  My heartfelt desire is to normalise conversation on the matter. I willingly talk about my own battles in an effort to break down other people's fears of open discussion.   

So who am I?  I've run my own counselling practice since 2012 and as well as being honoured to have helped many clients I too have experienced my own demons. But the first rule of counselling is that everyone experiences issues in their own way.


This is known as Phenomenology and greater awareness of it's existence would drastically reduce the amount of  judgement and ill feeling throughout the world. 


So first let's look at the aforementioned PHENOMENOLOGY and take in what it means to the individual.


Yes I've met clients who have presented with issues similar to events in my own life. But therefore if I've put them to rest then surely I just tell them how to correct their situation based upon my journey. NO….


Everyone experiences life's ups and downs from a unique position. How someone deals with problems is based upon the values and reactions they have learnt and developed in their world and not anyone else's. Like a sense of taste can differ so do triggers to anger, happiness, sadness and other emotions… 


So before we judge someone ask.. Do we really know their story. The answer is ALWAYS NO! 


A new client emptying the Jigsaw box of their life and learning to put it together piece by piece is a truly rewarding experience for most if not all counsellors.


Cheers

Pete Thompson 

Dip.Couns. MNCS (Acc)


For more information please find me on 

www.nationalcounsellingsociety.org

www.counselling-directory.org.uk

ptcounselling@yahoo.com

07936700238

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