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<\/p>\nI finally completed the last day of the certification course on basic practical counseling this afternoon, and boy \u2013 has it been utterly draining! Not in the physical sense, but learning the procedures for counseling and suicide assessment intervention, the underlining principles involved and also of the many case incidents shared has on one hand been really illuminating, has also been at times both shocking and sobering to the point that you start feeling pretty inadequate with what your meager skills can offer.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll be reflecting on the lessons learned and experiences shared in the coming days and maybe writing a post or two more of my experiences in the course \u2013 but not at the moment as the mind\u2019s pretty much saturated.<\/p>\n
The one comfort each evening has still been getting home and or going out with dinner as a small family. Hannah was in a pretty chirpy mood when I met her and Ling for dinner at Hougang Mall. We didn\u2019t bring along a camera, so the Samsung Galaxy S phone camera had to do:<\/p>\n
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Yeah \u2013 decent pictures of Hannah and Daddy for a change.:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I finally completed the last day of the certification course on basic practical counseling this afternoon, and boy \u2013 has it been utterly draining! Not in the physical sense, but learning the procedures for counseling and suicide assessment intervention, the<\/p>\n