Seeing Yourself Differently: Where Healing Begins
— Jaehee Kim, Director of Healing Wings Psychological Counseling & Research Center Recently, I worked with an English-speaking international client who came to counseling saying, "I'm anxious." "I'm depressed." At first, I planned to use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to address her anxiety. However, as our sessions progressed, I realized that she had spent much of her life suppressing her emotions. She also found it difficult to express her inner struggles, making it challenging for her to put her experiences into words. Instead of focusing only on the anxiety itself, I began exploring her family history to better understand where it had originated. Again and again, she replied, "It wasn't difficult." "I was fine." We reached another dead end. But I did not stop. I was not digging deeper to find a problem. I was exploring more deeply for one purpose only: to empower my client. Working with clients who can cl...