Dear McDeath
Michela "McDeath" Dalsing MS, LMHC, NCC, LCPC addresses Mental Health questions from her Villain Esteem Community. She has served in almost every treatment setting having worked in residential treatment with at-risk youth, inpatient services, community mental health, and currently corporate mental health. McDeath loves to meet people where they are at and try to understand the person as a whole. She is especially passionate about working with nerds that feel misunderstood by most people in their life. https://www.villainesteem.com
Dear McDeath
Why Do Counselors Assign Homework?
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Michela "McDeath" Dalsing MS, LMHC, NCC, LCPC
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Season 2
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Episode 1
Michela "McDeath" Dalsing MS, LMHC, NCC, LCPC dives into the importance of resilience. She continues to demystify mental health by answering follower questions. If you have a question you wish you could ask a therapist, email us at VillainEsteem@gmail.com
In this episode she talks about:
- How much time do you actually spend with your counselor? Is that enough for real change?
- Consistency
- How does change work anyways?
- Counselors won't shame you for missing homework.
- What if you like to figure shit out on your own?
- How to face your excuses.
- How to identify your roadblocks, and get past them.
- What control do you have over the homework your counselor assigns?
- Why did your counselor choose that homework?
- How to ask your therapist questions about your treatment plan.
- What (we hope) most counselors want for you.
- How the therapist/client relationship works.
If you're sick of the tootie-frootie counselors who won't get off the meditation and zen wagon, come Join McDeath in embracing the villain within you, and building your Villain-Esteem. She isn't everyone's cup of tea because she isn't your typical counselor. If you're a coffee drinker, subscribe now!
Music Credit: Metalicious by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4814-metalicious
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/