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Free at Last
My friend Rip got me thinking this morning. Don’t worry, I will endeavor to spin humor into my discursive, digressive breakdown of internal thoughts. I did counseling internship at a Church, Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship. It was not my choice, as I would have preferred something more secular, but it turned out to be a God send. I conducted two of the Free at Last group counseling workshops over the two years; Free from Grief was my favorite. Working there reminded me I was not free of spiritual concepts. I can do spiritual counseling. I can do Christian counseling. I can do secular counseling. I actually prefer blending spiritual and secular modalities. But how do I integrate politics? Can it be integrated? I can be neutral. I absolutely prefer being politically neutral. Sometimes I think the clients are suffering because they are so politically charged that you could likely start a dead car battery with them. What is this polarity?
I remember being in school and a teacher influenced my thoughts on voting, which I echoed at home and got squashed. Fucking teachers. Do they not know we have to go home at the end of the school day?! Clearly this is more of a thing today than yesterday. It was probably never zero. I would speculate the further back in time you go, the greater the influence of family on a soul’s disposition. Did you…
