What I do

I have decided to drop “counselor” and “counseling” from descriptions of what I do. Even though I have spent the past 26 years working as a professional counselor and am licensed as such by the State of Washington, I do not “counsel” anyone. Counseling suggests giving guidance to others and implies that somehow I am in a better position to do so than someone else. Who am I to provide guidance to anyone? At several points in my life I have been depressed to the point of suicide. Why on Earth should anyone seek counsel from me? So what do I do? The best I can offer to anyone else is to share my knowledge and possibly, wisdom, in the hope to educate. “Educate,” from the Latin educere, meaning “to bring forth from within.”