Mental Health Professionals: struggling with the idea that we have power?
That's probably because we work in systems where we feel utterly powerless lots of the time.
But power is relative + dynamic + we'd best wake up to it.
It'll be painful for each of us in different ways....
That's probably because we work in systems where we feel utterly powerless lots of the time.
But power is relative + dynamic + we'd best wake up to it.
It'll be painful for each of us in different ways....
We want to see ourselves as useful, helpful, caring. We could've done this in other ways e.g. a befriender. But we chose professions that conferred 'expertise'. There's probably something that drew each of us to that (the avoidance of the other bad, shameful or vulnerable place?)
Whatever route we took, we arrived at somewhere with a caring and (relatively) powerful role. With that power comes responsibility. Responsibility to not pass the pain down, responsibility to ground oneself when in the maelstrom of the expression of traumatic or relational pain.
The responsibility to step away if we're not able to find this, to seek support. The responsibility to help others who are at different points of this journey. The responsibility to hold and call out lines and their crossing.
The responsibility to get to know ourselves + keep doing so + understand how all that plays out. The responsibility, where we have the skills, to create spaces for others to do this. The responsibility to face ourselves + others when we get it wrong (individually or collectively)
The responsibility to choose compassion, always. Always.
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