Through the Looking Glass

What kind of guidance would I like to be involved with in an ideal world?

I would like to work with people and help support them over time. I would like to be the person clients get sent to rather than the person that signposts them if they need extra support. I've grown to love opening up all those famous 'cans of worms'. I want to keep learning and developing (or 'unfolding' as Grant would say!). I'm not averse to the idea of moving into full-on counselling eventually.

I would like to have be able develop my own style of guidance, and to use approaches to suit individual clients needs. I'm a creative person and a 'good egg'. I would love to have a job where you can get stuck in with very basic support and to have the freedom to be able to use my creativity in my work - when it's appropriate of course, I wouldn't subject just everyone to my great 'play-doh' guidance ideas!

I would like to be confident, trusted, well liked, and well respected.

I once took a client along to their careers scotland appointment, and when we came out I said 'that's the course I'm going off to do soon, careers guidance. Can you imagine me working somewhere like that?'. She said (actually I think you would call it 'wailed') 'Nooooooooooooooooooooo! you can't work there! That's for boring auld folk, and you're not like that! You know how to have a laugh. I need you to be there for me, I want you to be there to help me forever'

Come to think of it, that's probably the best careers advice I've ever had. I just hope I can make it happen some day.

And now to end this blog I feel it is most appropriate to quote an acrostic poem I was once given by a client!

Giving
Everyone
Money
Meals
And

Everybody
Loves her
Dated, vintage, jumble sale CRAP
Especially cause she makes it look great with her sexy
Red hair!!!!!!!!!