For 35 years as a counselor, it has been my privilege to walk alongside people in moments of sadness, conflict, and anxiety. The model that I work from, AEDP defines its ethos in this way; “we try to help our patients and ourselves become stronger at the broken places. By working with trauma, loss, and the painful consequences of the limitations of human relatedness, we discover places that have always been strong; places that were never broken.” Being a part of this process keeps me focused and energized.