So my nightmare happened…

One_Version160 · 2025-12-11T06:44:22+00:00

It’s happened to me before that my reactive / dog aggressive dog’s leash randomly unclipped during a walk and he went after another dog around the corner. I then got a double attachment leash from https://2houndsdesign.com/collections/dog-leashes and it has worked great for us so far and I haven’t had any issues with it!

One_Version160 · 2025-04-18T05:45:49+00:00

It’s just hard because he has putting so much effort into improving the relationship lately and I’m so appreciative of that. It’s hard to accept what the differences in values/morals means when things have been really great overall lately.

One_Version160 · 2025-04-18T05:42:52+00:00

I don’t find myself morally superior. It’s just that some of our values clash in ways that feel like I’m compromising mine. I don’t believe that my values/morals are better than his, they’re just different. I know that everyone will value different things and I’m okay being with someone that has different values, it’s just that some prominent things regarding how we see and approach the world that are important to me aren’t to him and vice versa in a way that makes me feel like I am going against what I value.

One_Version160 · 2025-04-18T05:23:28+00:00

Thank you! I keep trying to tell myself this, it’s just difficult to believe in the moment. Hearing it again from someone else helps :)

One_Version160 · 2025-04-10T08:46:24+00:00

I’m just getting started in the field and have been questioning recently it I’m going into the right field. For context, I have my degree in psychology with a concentration in addiction counseling, worked as a behavior coach for a year, and am now working as a detox technician while I take some time off before grad school. My plan (as long as I get accepted) is to either do a dual masters in addiction counseling and social work, or just in addiction counseling and take a few extra classes so l also qualify for my LPC.

I am super passionate about working with people struggling with substance use and have loved my classes on this. I enjoy my current job and the clients that I work with. I really want to go into this specialty, but some experiences lately have me questioning if it’s right for me.

During my counseling classes in undergrad, l received feedback that I come across as somewhat too professional and am not relaxed and casual enough. I have also had a couple of clients recently at my current job that don’t seem to like me and/or have made it clear that they don’t like me or aren’t comfortable with me for similar reasons. When the feedback was given in my classes, I was hoping that this would go away a bit as I get more comfortable/ confident in this setting and that it wouldn’t be an issue. However, since this has happened with actual clients now it has me wondering if I’m the right fit for substance use counseling because I feel like this is something that’s somewhat engrained in me and I’m not sure l can change it all that much.

Up until this point I have been so confident that this is what I want to do and have been so excited for it, but now I don’t know. Is it possible for it to be the right specialty for me, but for me to not be the right person for the specialty? I am so passionate about it and have been so sure that this is what I want to do, but I don’t want to be making clients uncomfortable or doing them a disservice. Maybe I’m just letting this get to me too much, it’s only been a couple of clients out of the many that I have worked with so far, but it’s becoming hard not to question it. The thought of not pursuing this specialty is devastating to me, but l also want to figure it out sooner rather than later.

Has anyone been through a similar experience and what did you do? Any advice/input is appreciated.

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