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Correction: "Decided to become a therapist". >Shortly after beginning my Hakomi training, I applied and was accepted to the professional mental health counsel

Correction: "Decided to become a therapist". >Shortly after beginning my Hakomi training, I applied and was accepted to the professional mental health counseling masters program at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where I'm studying and training through 2020 to get my licensure. Going through schooling is not the same as becoming something. The title implies that there was success found here, but so far it's just aspirations.

operakadabra 8y ago
"Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome." -Arthur Ashe
- sejtnjir 8y ago
  On tuesday, I aspired to be a carpenter. On wednesday, I went to my dayjob.
- r67r67r6y5 8y ago
  If it's a quote, it must be true ....
- selune 8y ago
  The thing is that burnout among therapists is real, everyone I know who worked in counseling came with lots of, how shall I put it?, infatuation, enchantment and everybody got severely disenchanted at some point. So until the author has worked for a couple of years in the field, he comes off as a little bit... naive. I don't mean to come off as condescending, I hope he finds happiness in his new profession.
- panchicore3 8y ago
  David Mackler is for me the Edward Snowden of the psychotherapy, he burned out as hell of it and dedicates his youtube channel to tell it and teaches how therapy works these days "How to Be a Successful BAD THERAPIST" is great, also talks a lot about childhood traumas and other interesting topics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVuGPT6QBEc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVuGPT6QBEc
- ggggtez 8y ago
  But the "doing" of being a therapist is actually seeing patients! Get out of here with your motivational poster level wisdom.
- x3n0ph3n3 8y ago
  Good for Aurthur, but that's not how the world views success, and rightfully so.
samirm 8y ago
>The title implies that there was success found here, but so far it's just aspirations. I don't see that. Just because the author has/had aspirations, doesn't me he hasn't already reached/achieved them partially, if not completely.
mattkrause 8y ago
The tail end of most of these programs usually involves practising under the supervision of an already-licensed therapist for 1000-2000 hours. If he's finishing in 2019-2020, he may already be in that phase, which is pretty close to "doing" it.
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operakadabra 8y ago

"Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome." -Arthur Ashe

sejtnjir 8y ago
On tuesday, I aspired to be a carpenter. On wednesday, I went to my dayjob.
r67r67r6y5 8y ago
If it's a quote, it must be true ....
selune 8y ago
The thing is that burnout among therapists is real, everyone I know who worked in counseling came with lots of, how shall I put it?, infatuation, enchantment and everybody got severely disenchanted at some point. So until the author has worked for a couple of years in the field, he comes off as a little bit... naive. I don't mean to come off as condescending, I hope he finds happiness in his new profession.
panchicore3 8y ago
David Mackler is for me the Edward Snowden of the psychotherapy, he burned out as hell of it and dedicates his youtube channel to tell it and teaches how therapy works these days "How to Be a Successful BAD THERAPIST" is great, also talks a lot about childhood traumas and other interesting topics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVuGPT6QBEc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVuGPT6QBEc
ggggtez 8y ago
But the "doing" of being a therapist is actually seeing patients! Get out of here with your motivational poster level wisdom.
x3n0ph3n3 8y ago
Good for Aurthur, but that's not how the world views success, and rightfully so.

samirm 8y ago

>The title implies that there was success found here, but so far it's just aspirations. I don't see that. Just because the author has/had aspirations, doesn't me he hasn't already reached/achieved them partially, if not completely.

mattkrause 8y ago

The tail end of most of these programs usually involves practising under the supervision of an already-licensed therapist for 1000-2000 hours. If he's finishing in 2019-2020, he may already be in that phase, which is pretty close to "doing" it.

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