Help w/being filmed | Coping with school stress | Friends w/an old therapist (Patreon)

Help w/being filmed | Coping with school stress | Friends w/an old therapist

1. I had a sudden realization today that the major things I get a buzz out of are the things I was once terrified of and worked really hard at. Horse riding is one (I'm rubbish but it's jolly good fun!) and public speaking or just teaching. I can be in despair over administrative tasks at work and then a student asks for a workshop and I'm elevated. And so as I struggle to catch up on week two of the old counseling degree, I face an old demon - having to film myself giving a session in a few weeks. They really throw you in the deep end! I know I can talk to people and help them but there's a reason I'm always behind the camera. Sean, you're with me right? Kati, I love the way you talk about how awkward you felt in the first videos (would you ever do a video of yourself watching your first video? Teeheehee) and how now you're completely at ease. Do you have any tips on just getting through this ghastly thing that would be okay if it wasn't being filmed? I know that like riding and public speaking, this is something that MEANS too much to fail at. I BOUGHT the textbook. I NEVER buy the textbook. How can I get through this series of videos when I so desperately want to be looking through the viewfinder? 2. Do you have any suggestions on being able to cope with all the stress of studying at university as well as working a demanding part time job all while trying to deal with not letting your mental illness consume you? There must be a better way of "coping" than just trying to trudge through. I'm in my third year of study and I feel as though every time I go back to uni after a break, regardless of how long; my mental health just plummets and as a result of it I'm constantly getting extensions or missing classes. (We have an 80% attendance rate as well so my lectures end up with an array of doctors certificates as well as extension requests from me.) 3. Hey Kati, I've heard plenty of good reasons against therapists and clients creating a friendship after terminating therapy. But, are there ever cases where therapists and clients can become friends especially after therapy has ended for a couple years? I understand that the dynamic shift of a therapeutic relationship to a friendship is awkward and can be confusing, but is it really an absolute "no" for developing a friendship with a therapist?