062 – First Contact with Clients – Philosophy of Martin Buber – Challenging Our Own Prejudice • Counselling Tutor

As Martin Buber, philosopher and psychotherapist says, “presence is the most powerful gift one person can give to another.” But it’s not an easy thing to give. In fact, it may be the most difficult, yet most generous, gift of all because as Buber also says, “it requires bringing nothing from the past into the present.” This is especially hard to do because our thoughts drift away from the present. Our thoughts, compulsions and past experiences take us elsewhere. The moment we start to drift off