The Counselor’s Sacred Honor By Lisa Marie Byrd
I am a container I hold the grief and pain of a thousand years Stories of trauma and abuse pour into me And I keep them For you With you I wipe your tears And comfort your soul You disclose horrors and sorrow The worst of life I hold it for you Until you can […]
A CRY FOR THE EPIDEMIC
Imagine two people whom you love sitting on opposite ends of a table, their lawyers between them. Neither saying a word, nor even making eye contact. Their “counselors”—and I use that term loosely—speak for them to a judge who neither knows, nor cares to know, their personalities, fears, or concerns. Two lovers who vowed to […]
From Wonder Woman to Superman! Clinician Imposter Syndrome
Do you remember the day your first client walked into the room? Did you, like me, wonder who let you loose on these poor, unsuspecting people?! I felt like I didn’t know anything—or enough—and I couldn’t remember what I was supposed to do or say. Rarely have I been so nervous. Sitting opposite a hurting […]
