3.3 Patrick’s experience of waiting
Given that waiting can be such a pervasive part of the experience of transitioning, it is useful to consider how you might work with the experience of waiting in counselling. Try the next activity to explore this further.
Activity 3.4: Patrick and Jake – session 12
Timing: Allow 20 minutes
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Pause for reflection
It can be difficult for therapists to stay with a client’s ‘stuck-ness’ and sense of powerlessness, and if we aren’t careful, we can move away from empathising into minimising or unhelpful forms of solution-finding.
What helps you as a practitioner stay with and empathise with the impact of external factors a client cannot change?
What has helped you personally when you’ve been waiting for or impacted by things outside of your control?
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3.2 Supporting clients who are waiting to transition