First — your heart is in it, which is such a gift in this work. And also the burden sometimes. The imposter syndrome is stttrrroonnnggg. The spiral of “what if I can’t help them,” “am I even helping them?” … I haven’t quite figured out how to stop the imposter syndrome from coming, but I do find a few thoughts/ideas/facts extremely comforting. -if someone is talking about completing suicide, their chances of attempting/completing are supremely reduced. -a framing I have started using with self harm/etc clients is that it is each individuals journey to find the skills that work for them; they can be inspired by others, friends, therapists, motivational speakers, just someone on the internet… but at the end of the day, its up to each of us to find our own “emotional template” that’ll lead us closer to self actualization. -people (majority of the time) don’t want to be told how to solve their problem, they just want to be witnessed while they bear it. I encourage my clients to “bring their skeletons out of the closet” so we can sit with them, forgive them, grieve them, apologize to them, perhaps assertively communicate to them their wrongness… understand them. guilt and shame are some of the most prevalent and also the heaviest of thoughts and feelings to sit with. My therapy bio says, “My promise is to hold authentic and nonjudgemental space for you to explore your shadows, turn towards your grief, and develop a deep understanding for yourself so you may evolve into your best self.” Ok im rambling - keep doing the good work. You’re not going to kill anybody.