“It all Happens in your Childhood” - A Counselling Psychologist’s Opinion
As I have entered into the stage of ‘the mother’ in my womanhood over the past year, my world has changed completely. Only in the past couple of years have I truly felt like an adult and embodied my adulthood. So, as I have emerged from adolescence and a more youthful mindset, I have also become a parent to my first-born child. I am in a unique position by currently being a student on the Doctor of Counselling Psychology course who has undertaken a decade of psychology courses. The many psychological theories I have learned are now intertwined with my mind and how I view the world. The notion that everything that impacts who we are, and our overall psychic development starts in our childhood is a generalization based on a plethora of theories. My position is that childhood is our base and provides us with the foundational learning we need in order to become functioning human beings, and that the lessons and experiences we each have as children stay with us. In the same w