The Help of A Counselor

Okay, honesty time. I was supposed to find stories from people I know about positive impacts that a counselor has had on them. I asked multiple people, and while some of them had had counseling before... none of them really had a positive impact on them. That's not to say they had a bad impact, but they didn't do anything really life-changing. I wish I could tell of a big positive experience I've had with a counselor, but I myself have never had any counseling done.

One of my friends simply said "No, not really," when asked if they had ever had a counselor make a positive impact on their life. I didn't push the subject. Another friend that I know had counseling as a child, but he explained that it wasn't very helpful. In fact, he said, it was pretty useless. All they had him do was play games, but nothing to really help with the problem he was facing. And finally, my other friend said that all his counselor did was give him a bunch of drugs to take. I know that's a very crude way of saying it, but that's how he said it.

It makes wonder just how many counselors are doing their job well/correctly/effectively. Now that I think about it, I've heard more stories about counselors that didn't actually do anything to really help a person out than how they helped a person get through something. But then again, maybe that's just people highlighting the negatives much more than the positives that get overshadowed by the negatives. After all, people don't usually talk about what they don't need to worry about.

I was kind of disappointed to hear that none of my friends had really had good experiences with counselors. I do think that counselors play a positive role in our society, though. While I have never had a counseling session, I have known many counselors in my lifetime, and they all have seemed like great people. I am sure that they have helped many people around the world, and I hope that they continue to do so.

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- Christian