On Your Mark, Get Set…Wait, I Can't Help You!

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I can’t tell you how many times I come across people that say things like, “I’m ripe and ready for counseling, but I can’t get it.” It’s like we live in a vineyard full of mature grapes with no one to pick them. The grape pickers are trained and ready to start a pickin.’ They have the gloves, the machines, the know-how; but, they’re glued to their chairs; only able to pick the grapes within a 3-foot radius of them.

Unfortunately, the counseling industry is similar to grape pickin’. Lots of grapes. Lots of pickers. Lots of therapists stuck to chairs made of student loans, entitlement, biases, expectations, bills, high standards, etc . Only able/willing to serve those within their immediate sphere—the grapes with the right insurance, the right amount of money, time, transportation, etc. The others, well…they wilt away with their problems in their laps while waiting for the picker’s able hands.

What’s the answer? Well…I’m not sure. But, I do know what the answer is not—doing the same ol’ stuff!

I have some ideas. Stay tuned…

Jeff