http://my.counseling.org/2009/07/30/336/ ACA blogs, written by counselors, for counselors: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:16:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://my.counseling.org/2009/07/30/336/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Andrea Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:53:13 +0000 http://my.counseling.org/?p=336#comment-107 Thank you for shedding light on the issue of oppression not only in our society, but in our profession. I agree that you do not have to place blame in order to make sense of a difficult situation and learn from it. Thank you for shedding light on the issue of oppression not only in our society, but in our profession. I agree that you do not have to place blame in order to make sense of a difficult situation and learn from it.

]]> http://my.counseling.org/2009/07/30/336/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Rebecca Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:05:29 +0000 http://my.counseling.org/?p=336#comment-90 Thanks you so much for your post. It was thought-provoking. I had to stop and think about several things. First, you are quite right about the messy house scenario. It is definitely seen as a shortcoming in the woman, and I have felt embarrassed when my husband has brought home a guy from work without telling me. I feel as though I should have had time to tidy up! When neither he, nor his friend, could care less about a messy house. Also your points about a difficult or resistant client. We are so often guilty of that. Thank you for making me think beyond the parameters of the specific story of Dr. Gates and Sgt. Crowley. It is an important story, but is also indicative of many ways in which we label ourselves or others, in ways that make little sense. Thanks you so much for your post. It was thought-provoking. I had to stop and think about several things. First, you are quite right about the messy house scenario. It is definitely seen as a shortcoming in the woman, and I have felt embarrassed when my husband has brought home a guy from work without telling me. I feel as though I should have had time to tidy up! When neither he, nor his friend, could care less about a messy house. Also your points about a difficult or resistant client. We are so often guilty of that. Thank you for making me think beyond the parameters of the specific story of Dr. Gates and Sgt. Crowley. It is an important story, but is also indicative of many ways in which we label ourselves or others, in ways that make little sense.

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