God + Mental Health Podcast · Roslyn Rene

Warm Up Series: Top 4 Favorite Ways to Help Clients Get Comfortable with Counseling

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Roslyn says therapy means going around the same mountain multiple times before the root changes.

1. God + Mental Health Podcast’s “Warm Up Series” focuses on four phrases Roslyn uses with clients in counseling. 2. Roslyn, the host and a mental health therapist, says she sees about 25 to 30 clients a week, which is why these lines matter to her work. 3. The episode asks what therapy feels like for a new client and how a therapist can help them relax enough to talk honestly. 4. Roslyn’s first phrase is that clients are “in discovery and practice at the same time,” especially when learning boundaries, self-care, or communication. 5. She says many people have spent 20, 30, or 40 years without practicing those skills, so the process has to be slow. 6. She connects that point to Black families and to clients who were never taught to name or share feelings. 7. Roslyn’s second phrase is that counseling often means “going around this mountain multiple times.” 8. She uses her own four-and-a-half years in counseling as an example, including repeated work on worthiness, perfectionism, and confidence. 9. She says the repetition is not wasted because deeper roots need more than one pass to surface. 10. She describes the process as noticing “a different tree” or “the air” feeling different after many returns to the same subject. 11. Her third phrase is that she may be “the safest place” for a client. 12. She says she is not a client’s friend, auntie, cousin, mama, or daddy, because the therapist role is different from family roles. 13. She ties safety to being able to say raw, authentic, or angry things without being judged. 14. Roslyn says she even gives clients room to use “colorful language” when pain makes that feel natural. 15. She broadens the point by talking about cancel culture, fallen human behavior, and the need for more safe spaces in churches and relationships. 16. Her fourth phrase is that “what is true now may not be true later.” 17. She uses examples like August versus November and December to show that a hard season can change with time and practice. 18. The tone is conversational, repetitive in a deliberate way, and shaped by direct client-facing teaching rather than formal lecture. 19. People starting therapy or wanting faith-based mental health language would likely connect with this. 20. Listeners wanting clinical theory or a fast-paced interview may skip it.

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