"Things We Have Observed From Counseling Others For 25 Years"
- 3 days ago
- 2 min read
We are very grateful and honored that God allowed us to counsel individuals and couples over the course of 25 years. As many of you know, we had been teaching students and directing Respiratory Care and Dental Hygiene programs for 18 years before the major career changes we made in 1992.
Although people came to us for various concerns, there were things that were common to many. We thought that it might be helpful to share some of these common struggles or issues to help you identify if these are the things that come up for you--individually or in your relationship with others--including in your marriage. The first step in solving a problem is to first recognize what might be occurring. Then you can begin to look at what is causing it and how it might be dealt with.
In the upcoming weeks we will briefly address these issues, sharing some of the symptoms or indicators as to how these manifest and some suggestions as to how to pursue healing. We will include references to specific places in our resources that may be helpful. Finally, we will also include some of our own stories when applicable.
Since the issues observed and addressed in counseling others are not unique, we will not be revealing any information specific to any individuals or couples we have worked with.
At the present time we do not have a predetermined number of issues we are planning on addressing, the frequency of sending out these writings nor do we plan on ranking those that were more frequently observed versus those that were less observed. In addition, it is our intention to keep these future writings as brief as possible.
We look forward to sharing these writings in the future and we hope that you will find them helpful. As we reflect on our years of counseling, there are many different issues that we encountered from those who came to us for help. For your information, we counseled individually in an hour-by-hour format for the first 10 years. During the last 15 years of counseling we counseled as a husband-wife team and we worked with individuals and couples intensively for two to five days in length.
Blessings,
Jerry and Denise Basel
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