Nobody but me ever sees this blog, and that's fine. Maybe I'll send a link to Melissa or Joel.
Got the second Covid vaccination a couple of weeks ago, and it went very well, as soon as I was officially able, I took off for the gym, and I'm very pleased with the results. The year of inactivity gave me a bulging belly and very soggy, flabby arms. Two and a half weeks of gymnasium, and I'm seeing visible results. Nice!
I started a blog for Grace Haven refugees, and after a couple of weeks with really great readership, it's dwindled to nothing. Oh well. Anyhow, one specific reflection was the weeks and weeks of counseling from people like Linda Kelso. There seem to be dozens of Ashland Seminary graduates with an MA in counseling. Looking at the Ashland curriculum, it's really just an introduction to the topic, and I'm aghast that these people thought they could help me work through chronic depression issues. I'm also sad that I never went to anyone else. Ashland really favors the now-disused Rogerian counseling model:
- Counselor: What brings you here today?
- Me: I'm sad, lonely, and depressed.
- Counselor: You're sad, lonely, and depressed.
- Me: Yup.
- Counselor: What do you think you could do about it?
- Me: Maybe I could try to find more friends.
- Counselor: Maybe you could try to find more friends.
- Me: Yup.
- Counselor: Well, our time's up for the day. That will be $100.
I figure I can do that with a pen and notebook, and not spend so much money. I found a very interesting YouTube discussion of the sources of depression—unresolved anger issues. I think I'll get out a pen and notebook and start working through those. That looks very promising.
