[humanser] Blind counselors and body language

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good afternoon, brother Justin,

         Go hang out amongst houseless cultures within your city. 
There, you are bound to find an entire spectrum of mental presences, 
most of which are undiagnosed/unmedicated. If you want or need to 
access every conceivable cross section of humanity, raw and 
unadulterated, always go look amongst houseless cultures. Further, if 
you need to examine or see up close the ravages of dibilitating 
social stigma and living as a blind person, for some reason hasn't 
shown you what you need to see, go hang out amongst fellow social 
deviants. There, I have found that I have more in common with othere 
deviants than I ever would have imagined until I saw it up close and 
with my own eyes.
I hope you are all well.
Car
feedback.
>So a crucial part of therapy is the therapist's ability to read and 
>interpret client's nonverbal body language. However, being blind I 
>cannot do that. Here are my questions.
>1- has this been an issue for employment? In other words are 
>counseling centers/employers hesitant to work with blind counselors 
>because of this issue?
>2- for those of you who are practicing therapists, how do you deal 
>with such an issue? Are their skills that can be learned?
>3- am I going to have to limit myself to do therapy with 
>blind/disabled clients because of this?
>4- do any of you know of internship sites in the Chicago area that 
>are friendly towards blind interns?
>
>I've been very concerned, and quite stressed because of this. Your 
>feedback and help are so greatly appreciated.
>Thank you
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