Counseling on Wheels 0

Whenever we hear a story about a tragedy, a crisis, or any old kind of bad thing, there always seems to be a line at the end that “grief counselors will be available.”

Now there’s research to indicate that, in many cases, the relentless pressure to see the counselors may not be helpful and may, indeed, be counterproductive for some persons.

Furthermore, the counseling itself may create self-fulfilling prophecies. Folks who hear over and over that they are likely to be traumatized in certain ways by an event may be influenced to react in those ways; folks whose personal best way to deal with events is not to talk about them much may be harmed by feeling forced to talk about them.

I am a proponent of counseling for persons in distress. I have visited counselors and found them wonderfully helpful. For many persons, having someone who is not involved to talk with opens the door to healing.

But it was my choice to see counselors; they were not forced on me by management, by the school board, by any authority figure.

Listen to the story here.