Counsellor’s Life – Karol Misso
I had the opportunity to interview KAROL MISSO on his passion, inspirations, home and counsellor life. Karol is a Fellow member of QCA and his profile is available on LinkedIn.
YOUR PASSION
- Your favourite hobby? Travel
- Favourite sports player? Dave Warner
- Guilty pleasure People Watching (as a behavioural therapist)
- I can’t live without My toothbrush
- The charity I support? Act for Peace
- Next travel destination? Iran (when it is safe to do so)
- I love the sound of…Birds
- I would like to learn..Mandarin
- If I could rid the world of one thing it would be War
- I have a fear of… Drowning
- My hidden talent is Ballroom Dancing
- Before I die I must…Clean out all my files, correspondence
- My writing inspiration is Carl Rogers
INSPIRATIONS
- Favourite TV shows? SBS News
- Singers Bing Crosby
- Movies Documentaries
- What makes you laugh? Humour in my mother tongue
- People I admire… Those who work tirelessly for peace with justice
- What inspires you? Those who manage life with strength notwithstanding severe setbacks
- The best advice I ever got? Value myself
- Worst advice I ever got. Always put others first
- Ultimate dinner party guests? Archbishop Desmond Tutu & Barack Obama
HOME
- Favourite room in my home? Study
- Most treasured possession Books
- Favourite drink? Hot Chocolate
- Favourite takeaway? Butter Chicken
- Best place ever lived Brisbane
- The best part of the day Afternoon
COUNSELLING
- Favourite counselling framework Solution Focussed Therapy
- What are you most proud of with your counselling work?
Inspiring my students/supervisees to see counselling as enabling individuals to reach their full potential - Favourite counselling book Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion – Carol Tavris
- Most expensive counselling workshop that you have attended David Schnarch
- What do you take with you to your counselling room
Client file, appointment diary, paper & pen, tissues and water - Self-care strategy for yourself
Prayer and worship, disciplined lifestyle, conscious effort to apply counselling to self and my relationships - What did you struggle with when you first started counselling?
How my clients would perceive me - Favourite counselling quote “Who you are speaks loudest to your clients”
- Advice to new counsellors “Handle with care what is trusted to you by clients”
- Hopes for the counselling profession
That its goals and principles may seek to bring wholeness to clients
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