Since my husband is in school finishing his masters in counseling he has to do a ton of internship hours to complete his degree. One type of counseling, which is actually the one he wants to do for his career, is experiential counseling. This is where the counselor will take people on various activities and counsel them through experiences. It's actually really pretty awesome the more I have come to learn about. Anyway, this past weekend we had the opportunity to go caving with some dear friends, Charlie and Shelby, to experience this type of counseling. The couple that we went with are also pursuing counseling careers so this was a great way to have some fun while the three of them got in some great hours. I have to say that I was a little apprehensive about the caving thing because I really had no idea what to expect. I tend to make things a bigger deal/worse in my head than they really are. I just pictured myself trapped in a tiny hole unable to get out and stressing making the whole thing worse and so on and so on. Well, Praise the Lord for reality!! The experience was nothing like that. I actually really enjoyed it and in a weird way found it to be pretty relaxing and peaceful. When your in the cave it was totally silent and I loved that because I don't have many moments when it is COMPLETELY silent and you can't hear a thing. Literally. So I really liked that part of it. Also, I really like it when I can test my body in what I think I am capable of. It was fun to see a tiny hole, then go through it and see what you are capable to do. I just think that's great! It was also really interesting to see how this type of activity can be used as therapy/counseling. Doing something like this allows people to face issues they may or may not even be aware of and doing something like this allows them to exercise practical ways to overcome different things. Anyway, here are some pictures from this adventure.
This is the picture of all of us at the beginning of our caving adventure all nice and clean.
Me coming out of the "door" at the end of the caving. At the beginning this hole looked so small to me and at the end it looked a lot bigger.
My hubby coming out.
All of us outside of the cave and much dirtier than when we went in.
Me and Jordan all dirty.
Me and Shelby showing off our dirty clothes. Very fashionable.
Our studly men doing a little bit of modeling.
Another group picture.
It was a great experience!
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