” Didi, I see some change in you. You look quite happy today” my sister said I said, ” If I could take so much effort to please others till now, imagine how much I can do when i want to please myself…” This is my client’s conversation with her sister, as she told. That was her “aha’ moment. Ye to ab nikal padi!! This didn’t happen in the counseling session, it happened when she was reflecting on our conversations!!
7 weeks back, her mother had called me for an appointment for counseling. This girl in her early twenties couldn’t stop crying for last full week. When I spoke to her first time, she said, she would take all the efforts, but would prefer not to go for medication. I told her, we will decide after 2 sessions. This girl is amazing. She did every homework I told, sent it to me before next session. Asked questions to me, to herself, handled all the painful memories and thoughts. And, here she is… telling me that now she knows what she needs to do. She hasn’t reached there, but now knows the path. Of course, we will have some more sessions and terminate counseling gradually. But, all I want people to know, that if you take efforts in the right direction and in right time, before it gets too difficult to handle, you can overcome the emotional and behavioral problems you are facing!!!