-: When a client sort of has that 'aha moment' when they go,
"Oh," that's incredible.
They get, when they start making connections
and feel empowered to handle what they couldn't handle,
which is why they called me, you know?
So when that happens, it's amazing.
I live and work in my community.
That's a challenge.
My town is 3,000 people.
My client base comes from a 30-mile radius,
so it's not, I don't know everybody who walks in my door,
but typically when somebody does come,
it wouldn't be unusual for me to go, "Oh, I know,"
like, I know who they're talking about or I know --
and that's not a --
it's actually, for me, it's helpful
if I understand more of the 360 of the environment.
Like, for instance, if somebody comes to me
who works at one of the local,
well, one of the, there's three boarding schools in my town,
and I know each of them well.
So, if they come in and they're complaining about something,
I happen to know the culture of the school,
so it's helpful.
I'll have people call me and say, "Well, Karen,
"I can't see you 'cause I know you; who would you suggest?"
So that's sometimes challenging, 'cause there aren't
a lot of therapists in our area.
Or people say, "Yeah, I know you, but I wanna see you."
So those kinds of small community parts
are a challenge to me personally.
I mean, just because of where I am geographically.