#Listening #Silence #Reflection #Open-Ended-Questions #Triple5LightTherapy.com #BlackTherapist #Psychotherapy #LGBTAffirmingTherapy Posted Oct 03, 2020 In the Fall of 2016, I was a fresh graduate of the exercise science master’s program at SUNY Cortland where I was also teaching and coaching strength and conditioning. Frankly, I was in a rut. My relationship with my girlfriend was on the verge of collapsing and I was realizing I did not have upward mobility in my current position. The rut came to a head when I received a text from my girlfriend saying we needed to talk. My stomach dropped. I couldn’t focus. I sent a message to my advisor, Dr. Lind, who was a counselor before he was an exercise psychologist. “Can we talk?” I asked. He told me to come over to his office. I mustered together every ounce of strength I had. “Don’t you cry, whatever you do, don’t you cry” I said to myself. Dr. Lind told me to sit down. I don’t remember if I spoke first or just cried. Sentences were interrupt