Episode 15: Danielle and Brian Part 2

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Episode 15: Danielle and Brian Part 2

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In Part 2 of our interview, guests Danielle Capra LMSW and Brian Figueroa LPC dive deeper to find peace with the notion that psychotherapy can both improve the client’s experience in the world and be self-serving to the clinician. Brian talks about how he sees our work as an art form, where the work becomes something greater than just him, yet feels personally empowering – that he can help to make a change in someone else’s world. Danielle acknowledges her own suffering and the chance for healing that comes up in session for us as therapists, along with the opportunity to help a client channel their pain into something else, which may teach them to do the same for someone they love.
What are the moments we fear most that could happen when sitting across from a client? Our two psychotherapists share their worst nightmares: when the parent of an adolescent client interrupts to say that you don’t know what you’re doing (aka “you suck!”) and storms out, or when someone becomes physically intimidating. We usually choose to carry on with our work, with the courage to be vulnerable, while cautious in our decision whether to self-disclose or yield to a client’s expressed need for a hug. Our clients teach us much, our guests acknowledge. At the end of our professional day or night, it’s up to us to take care of ourselves, to get what we need to go back in and do this work again.

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