... payong kapatid: a philippine counseling conference ... (life coach, psychotherapist, psychologist, psychiatrist)

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it was a crowd of 300 christian counselors from all over the philippines. most were listeners of the christian radio station dzas 702 (AM band). i thought that this was a good turn-out, which proved that christian counselors weren't complacent about their counseling knowledge and skills.

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my talk was on the "do's and don'ts" for counselors.

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for instance, one of my "do's" was: if you like the counselee too much, refer that counselee to another counselor, lest you fall into temptation.

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one of my don'ts was: avoid seeking counsel from counselors who don't get regular counseling for themselves.

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naturally, my talk spawned a lot of questions and much discussion. as you see in the pictures, everyone had fun though.

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this conference was the brainchild of pastor eric maliwat, dzas station manager, who certainly did a remarkable job.

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thanks too to my team who worked untiringly behind the scene.

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as a final "payong kapatid" to the audience, i concluded with the reminder that counseling can be a thankless and emotionally-draining job, and that one way to remain fully charged is to be constantly plugged into the source of all life- that "Big Guy Up There"- Our Great Counselor!

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