20 min.

Maureen aces test to be a Licensed Mental Health Counselor.

Maureen counterbalances the negative in the DSM with 'strengths counseling, merging the fields of 'mind, body, spiritual health' with traditional mental health counseling.

Enjoy this discussion of frontiers in mental health counseling. Maureen and Pierre talk about how human beings relate to and behave toward one another, how the nervous system is shaped early in life through attatchment and attunement.

Alas, before any of us have any choice in the matter, our little bodies and brains are shaped by our early caregivers. When we can, later in life, learn about who we are and how we function, we realize much of our stress arousal and calming patterns, and ways of relating to others in relationship were taught and programmed into us long, long ago.

We may not have had choice when we were younger, but adulthood is about learning and taking responsibiity for oneself. To this end, it's worth doing studying self-awareness to care for oneself and better understand others. Be informed, know thyself and form compassionate relationships.

Oh - and listen to Maureen sing from Oklahoma at the end!