In response and Trust

Okay, so now the ball is rolling...

I decided to be a psychology major specifically because I had a desire to take part in the Counseling field. I personally decided that I wanted to make my career helping people, so when I think of counseling, this is the first thing I think of: help. This is the reason so many people go to counselors, because they reach the point where they feel that without help they will not overcome their problems. That is the kind of career I want for myself: helping people through times of need and desperation, of all degrees and the general image I have of psychologists.


http://books.google.com/books?id=zC_yCN3vycIC&dq=counseling+psychology+articles&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&ei=TRq6S9jbOsPflgeNu9CVCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=11&ved=0CDcQ6AEwCg#v=onepage&q=counseling%20psychology%20articles&f=false

Specifically read chapter three...

Now, trust is one of the biggest issues for psychologists to help their patients overcome. Many people go to psychologists because they have trust issues. It is hard to start telling a complete stranger all of your personal issues and trust that they will not betray you especially if the reason you're there is because of betrayal (IE spouse cheating on you). However, counselors understand this and because of it they work hard to make the person feel safe with them. The analogy of therapy to surgery, in my opinion, is fantastic. Emotionally opening yourself up to a person can be as dangerous as physically doing so, for people's emotions can be as fragile as their internal organs (as odd as that sounds!).

What do you feel is a large issue for counselors to overcome with their patients?