Then and Now

Counselors engage in therapeutic relationships from
the location of self. Understanding how a person s
decision to become a counselor may be linked to their
past helps clarify the intention for choosing the
counseling profession and the way that the counselor
interacts with clients. People in the helping
professions may grapple with how to accept the
suffering they witness. Recording personal history is
a way to prevent it being lost and can serve as
inter-generational family therapy. The book outlines
a childhood experience of witnessing violence and is
followed by relevant research. This research includes
commonly held beliefs about the impact on children
who witness violence and the subtle ways an oppressed
individual acts to protect and reclaim autonomy.
Examples of service are discussed and situated within
the context of Buddhist loving-kindness practice.
This book may be of interest to counselors or
counseling students, children who have witnessed
violence, people interested in socially engaged
Buddhism, and individuals who value autoethnography
and the preservation of family history. Women may
find this book particularly inspiring.

Autorentext
Margot Anne Sangster, MA: Studied Counseling Psychology at City University of Seattle. Professional experience includes social services, non-formal education, and international development. Counselor at Vancouver Coastal Health and Vipassana Meditation Teacher, Vancouver, BC.

Klappentext
Counselors engage in therapeutic relationships from the location of self. Understanding how a person's decision to become a counselor may be linked to their past helps clarify the intention for choosing the counseling profession and the way that the counselor interacts with clients. People in the helping professions may grapple with how to accept the suffering they witness. Recording personal history is a way to prevent it being lost and can serve as inter-generational family therapy. The book outlines a childhood experience of witnessing violence and is followed by relevant research. This research includes commonly held beliefs about the impact on children who witness violence and the subtle ways an oppressed individual acts to protect and reclaim autonomy. Examples of service are discussed and situated within the context of Buddhist loving-kindness practice. This book may be of interest to counselors or counseling students, children who have witnessed violence, people interested in socially engaged Buddhism, and individuals who value autoethnography and the preservation of family history. Women may find this book particularly inspiring.