telling her the truth

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

No offense to your friend, but I'm shocked that a grad student in counseling doesn't have the balls to break it off with her.

I've always said there are two reasons people to go into counseling-type professions-- a sincere desire to help others or an unacknowledged desire to figure out what's wong with themselves.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I've always said there are two reasons people to go into counseling-type professions-- a sincere desire to help others or an unacknowledged desire to figure out what's wong with themselves.

My first program manager in mental health said "We have two types of patients, those that come in the front door and those that come in the back door." Back door were clearly some of the employees!

[tcsparky]

My is definitely the back door variety. He says that he knows what he should do but he is simply too weak to go through with it. He has been telling me since about a week into this relationship that he is really not into it. But at the time the ex wasnt ready to get together with him; now she is saying that if he is free she will be with him. Yes I think you're right he is trying to have his cake and eat it too. Even said to me that if things don't work out with ex he cn always come back to this one!

How frequently asked me why he and I don't date since we're such good friends and get along so well. This is why. I would not put up with this crap. I think he stay friends with me because I am the only female that call him on stuff and doesn't let him get away with stuff. I call him on it every time, but will be there for him when he makes a mess of it all.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I've always said there are two reasons people to go into counseling-type professions-- a sincere desire to help others or an unacknowledged desire to figure out what's wong with themselves.

Originally Posted by AGDee

My first program manager in mental health said "We have two types of patients, those that come in the front door and those that come in the back door." Back door were clearly some of the employees!

My Music Therapy professor's theory was that almost EVERYONE who goes into a mental health field is a combination of wanting to figure out themselves AND because they've lived with whatever it is, they want to help other people figure themselves out too...

My dad met my mom while doing a graduate class in counseling. It's a good thing my dad never continued, because he would have been that GEICO(?) commercial with the drill sargent telling the guy on the couch to suck it up. Not everyone who WANTS to be a counselor would actually be good at it.