Often people ask me this question: What kind of therapist are you?
My mind starts thinking in lists—lists of skills. My training and experience. The kinds of clients I see.The technical stuff.
These things are important. And yet, for a moment, I’d like to turn off the list.
Things become quieter, calmer.
If I really listen to myself, I would rather answer this: What do you believe in?
Because this—this question and this answer—is how you will ultimately find your therapist match.
So, Jennifer.
What do you believe in?
I believe it’s always okay to ask for extra support.
I believe we will hurt, sometimes in the most raw and vulnerable ways. I believe this pain will ease—even when it appears to have set up its home.
I believe, very fiercely, that we heal.
I believe in science and I believe in finding meaning that science cannot explain.
I believe in the details of someone’s life and someone’s face.
I believe feeling understood can give us bursts of strength. And that these bursts can carry us through many, many things.
I believe in poetry and nature. I believe people do the best they can. I believe in grief, joy, fear and love. That we can hold it all.
That we can—and do—get better.
What do you believe in?
Leave me a message here or email me at jenniferdiamondbayarea@gmail.com. I’d like to know.
Warmly,
Jenny