I like your eyes avoiding mine.

On: Ingrid Michaelson - Masochist.

Since I was 14 I knew I wanted to be a psychologist. Maybe it's because I've been seing them since I can remember and yeah well, maybe I am some kind of psychotherapy junkie, I just like it too much.

One of the coolest things I 've ever had the opportunity to do was counseling. It has to be my calling, I don't think I've ever been so proud of myself for actually making a difference and helping people and being able to see them making progress.

Most people over here, youngsters and adults, who seek counseling have similar patterns. They are usually either anxious or think of themselves as depressed, low self-steem, insecurity issues and trouble setting limits.

I remember feeling frustrated and angry at my very first patient, of course I wouldn't let it show but I was just so mad he couldnt see what was going wrong for him and how easy it was to fix... And then it hit me I'm probably the same when I'm the patient and my counselor probably felt a little like that when in session with me. With time I learned the key was patience and not trying to solve the problem for them (patients) the solution always comes on its own, during sessions that is. Of course without them it can take a while longer or they might even not come at all. Plus you've got to keep in mind that what's easy for you may not be easy for me. Different variables.

People think psychologists might not have problems at all or at least not most problems "regular people"do. Not true. You have problems like everyone else and probably they seem even harder to solve cause in a way you know what you have to do, most of the time you know but if simply knowing were the key to solve all your problems.. simple example: everybody knows smoking is bad for you. I'm a smoker, I know all the damage it can cause but that does not mean I can stop smoking.

Sometimes I think most things are so simple but so simple it's hard to believe so we have to find a way to make they look complex, to make them harder, to make the path longer and so on. I think it's frightening to admit everything is simple. And it's even more scary when you know it is. Not knowing is bliss when it comes to yourself. But maybe that's what you get when you feel like knowing more so you can help others and I'm not just talking about psychologists.