After I qualified as a therapeutic counsellor I took up a two year post graduate top up to do my masters degree. I had no academic background and no school qua

After I qualified as a therapeutic counsellor I took up a two year post graduate top up to do my masters degree. I had no academic background and no school qualifications. I had to take an access to Higher education qualification in Psychology to gain the basics of maths, english and psychology. When I started my first classes I felt useless. All those educated and erudite people being able to eloquently speak on the subject matter. They all seemed to hand in perfect essays. Whereas, I usually spent days on end trying to perfect the perfect essay, rewrite after rewrite without success. My essay margins were full of tutors remarks. I mentioned my frustration to one of my tutors. She told me this: "You will never be an expert in our field. Everything that you want to write has already been written by some extremely clever and intelligent people who have spent there entire lives in academia." "Stop trying to compete with them. I want to here and read what you have to say about Psychotherapy. I want to hear your unique views. It is not a competition, its about "being good enough" and that is all we can expect of ourselves as human beings. Perfectionism is a goal that can never be reached." I wrote about those things which I had knowledge about and over the years, little by little, book by book, client by client, this developed into a vast ocean of understanding of my subject. I learned to be me. I developed a sense of personal confidence. I even felt confident doing oral examinations and presentations. Being good enough is all it takes. It is all we can really be. I am a clasic introvert with an anxious avoidant personality traits. I used to spend my days staring at the floor.