Bravery

We often think of being brave as a really big moment in someone’s life. In my office, I notice  that bravery usually comes in very small and somewhat ordinary situations: sending an email to schedule an appointment, exploring and investing financially, and coming weekly into my office to explore their life story.

Designed2Connect has given two of my clients the opportunity to be brave. One client is in her mid-twenties exploring childhood trauma and impacts on her current day to day. She shows bravery weekly by naming emotions, exploring the impacts, and engaging with her adaptive thoughts and behaviors. My second client is a little friend who is a third culture kid (a child  being raised in a culture different from parents during developmental years). This little friend has had many big transitions and is trying to sort through identity using play therapy. Both of these clients have shown bravery in different yet significant ways, and for both of these clients, bravery, in this way, would financially be unfeasible.

Written by Lauren Herndon, Grace Nova Counseling