lookingglassgirl

I just stepped off, it's not so bad

Here's the thing: You step off, knowing not ignoring or blocking out that there's nothing beneath you, and somehow you find the self belief enough that you don't fall. Some of us fall headlong into the bottomless pit. Some of us fall for a bit, then gradually gain altitude, bobbing up and down as the mood takes us. Some sour into the clouds never to be seen again. And some walk around like there's ground underneath their feet (bastards). The ones to watch out for are the ones who deny that there's *nothing* underneath them. They tend to get a major surprise at some point or another.

It's a mad kind of courage thing we need.

Your studies sound interesting and I know what you mean about wanting to improve the quality of therapy - there are a lot of very bad clinical psychologists and psychotherapists out there. It's a great shame because for most people in need of help it's largely pot luck as to whether they get good or crap help. I always tell potential clients to look around before choosing, if they can.

I don't really specialise but I guess most of my work is around issues of identity/loss of self, anger, depression, and general anxiety. One of the things which seems to underlie most of this work is the willingness/unwillingness to change and the idea that being anything other then you are is somehow fake.

Edit: Inspirations? The people I work with and for, trying to live their lives in spite of it all. Aims and ambitions? I want to write a book or two and grow my practice/centre. I also want to live somewhere where I can take country walks and have dogs. Robert Smith? Yeah, that's him, not me (I want to remain visually anonymous for boring professional reasons.)

[Edited on Mar 06, 2005 2:43PM]