Nutrition and Counselling
There's an article in the December 2015 issue of "Counselling and Psychotherapy Research" which argues in favour of counsellors giving clients dietary advice.
Would you like that or would you react "What I eat is none of your business, Mr Counsellor!"
Western society has a tendency to split everything up into boxes. "The mind is not the body", people say. "Heart trouble is not connected to grief" .... ha, ha :-(. "Nutrition advice should only be given by experts in nutrition."
But G.P.s seem to me often to know little and care less about nutrition. Which is a surprise to those of us who have read evidence that what we eat is the most important single physical contributor to our physical health.
(Notice, I did say 'physical'. Perhaps being in harmony with our purpose in this life, inner peace and contentment, and low-to-moderate stress levels are even more important.)
It's un-natural for me to give advice unasked, about anything. People don't usually appreciate it. And besides, you might be touchy about your weight or your physical health and not ready to change anything.
But if a client and I have established a good working relationship and the topic comes up naturally, I'd be ready to explore with the client the advantages of eating more fresh fruit and raw vegetables and cutting down or out sugar, meat, and pre-packaged processed food.
