the thing about counseling is ...

... i really am not yet trained on how to do it well. esp in the context of a new school where i don't know the rules. so i feel like an idiot probably 60% of the time, constantly asking what i think are retarded questions, because i don't really know what's going on.

case in point:
1) sibling rivalry. both sisters on my caseload. how do i deal with that gracefully and advocate for both?

2) i told a bunch of juniors wrong information this morning. when the hell did they switch from 3 subject tests to two subjects for college?

3) too many more to count. feeling depressed at my own inadequacy now.