The cunning, baffling, powerful family disease: my interview with veteran counsellor Robert.
We invited Robert, our veteran counsellor at SafeHouse Rehab Thailand, to share his extensive experience and fascinating history with me. Here is what we cover in this post:
- He shared the trauma of his life as a bi-racial child who was given away by his mother at three years old.
- His dysfunctional family headed by an abusive and alcoholic father figure was a set-up for a dysfunctional life.
- He ran his life in violation of his conscience which caused guilt and shame, and ultimately paranoid insanity.
- A rampant addiction to crack cocaine caused him to lose his successful business and his family which included six children.
- His life and his redemption make him distinctly qualified to counsel clients and their families on the right path to a sane and joyful life, free of the slavery imposed by an addictive disease.