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Relationships with powerful people
I tend to get intimidated and my response is sometimes one of equal strength. It surprises me. I don’t understand why I don’t respond with empathy. I think it might have something to do with control or intimidation. I guess it is an active response to that behavior. I guess I am for some reason afraid of someone else controlling me. It’s odd because I know this is not something I should be fearful of. I know I am in control of myself and if I listen with empathy, it is the better response.
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as i work towards being a counselor, i keep seeing myself being blided by my background understanding. counseling is for me has been about stripping away my understanding of life. the good counselors listen to people, take in their phenomenology, and ride their wave of understanding. all the time you are doing this and sensing, you are feeling your intuition for signs of things unsaid. you are looking in the dark and light with them to reflect and see what they feel is there. it is difficult to explain the role intuition plays in the process. in some cases it seems to be like an unheard note of but you feel it. you feel things that help you guide the conversation.
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I tend to get intimidated and my response is sometimes one of equal strength. It surprises me. I don’t understand why I don’t respond with empathy. I think it might have something to do with control or intimidation. I guess it is an active response to that behavior. I guess I am for some reason afraid of someone else controlling me. It’s odd because I know this is not something I should be fearful of. I know I am in control of myself and if I listen with empathy, it is the better response.
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as i work towards being a counselor, i keep seeing myself being blided by my background understanding. counseling is for me has been about stripping away my understanding of life. the good counselors listen to people, take in their phenomenology, and ride their wave of understanding. all the time you are doing this and sensing, you are feeling your intuition for signs of things unsaid. you are looking in the dark and light with them to reflect and see what they feel is there. it is difficult to explain the role intuition plays in the process. in some cases it seems to be like an unheard note of but you feel it. you feel things that help you guide the conversation.
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