Psychological Delights

"The cobbler always wears the worst shoes." {French proverb}

It is important for everyone involved in the caring professions to take care of their own psychological health by adopting suitable stress management and self-nurturing strategies, including supervision and other forms of peer support. Obvious maybe, but easily overlooked in these hectic and turbulent times.

It is often the case that clients find it difficult and uncomfortable to adopt new ways of behaving and thinking, as indeed we all do. It is like wearing a new pair of shoes. They feel a little strange, they are less comfortable than the old pair, but as we persevere with wearing them, so they become familiar and we wonder why we were so reluctant to get rid of the old pair.