or maybe "poor is the counselor who has a friend for a client."
i, personally would not want friends and family as clients, just because it would make me extremely uncomfortable to ask for my fee.
it will always be a bad time to ask me for money.
phoenix, i do understand how you feel though.
it is so hard for me to "expose" myself, and then feel like he was sitting there thinking about his fee from last week.
i am sorry for that, and that you felt your soul baring was invalidated.
i know i am not in a position, or have the skillset to ask this, but when i am having trouble with my counseling, or the counselor (thank god no transference!
) it could be i was making progress and sometimes progress is painful.
just something to consider, i appreciate the knowledge you share here.
Beth