Who would study psychology if they didn't have some kind of problem?

Chapter 180 I Like Consulting
The consultation schedule in front of me is filled with the three characters "Nan Zhuren".

At first glance, one might mistake it for a middle school girl who has a crush on Nan Zhuren, practicing tracing the name of her crush in her notebook.

However, this is indeed a counseling schedule record from a psychological counseling center.

For a moment, the teacher in charge of the center was somewhat bewildered.

Although he is a school counselor with an administrative position, not a full-time psychological counselor, he has accumulated several hundred hours of counseling experience over the years. He is also extremely familiar with the basic elements of psychological counseling.

The work schedule before him was a painful reminder of his established professional values.

Is it possible for a mental health counselor to have so many shifts in one day?

The affirmation of Nan Zhuren's professional abilities made him subconsciously assume that Nan Zhuren was unaware of the situation, so he immediately began to scold his student assistant: "Who recorded this? Did too many people see you during your lecture, Professor Nan, and now someone has leaked the news that you are doing consultations at the center, and everyone is making appointments with you?"

"Summer, did you take on so many consultations without consulting him? You...you should have discussed it with Teacher Nan first. Why did you give him so many?"

The teacher in charge of the center felt that he had found an explanation that, although absurd, was relatively reasonable.

Nan Zhuren was taken aback and subconsciously fell into deep thought—could this be a way to attract students to come for consultations?

If it's not for consultation purposes, but simply to accumulate time, this seems quite feasible...

[Forget it, it wouldn't be good if these students took up resources meant for students who genuinely needed counseling. After all, the number of free psychological counseling sessions available at the school is limited.]

Although many of these unfounded thoughts crossed my mind, they passed by quickly.

Nan Zhuren stepped forward and placed his arm between Xia Tian and the center's teacher in charge, immediately explaining, "I asked Xia Tian to fill all my consultation slots."

The teacher in charge of the center was taken aback, and hesitated to speak.

“She had the same reaction as you at first,” Nan Zhuren laughed heartily. “But I insisted, so she scheduled me for the shifts like this.”

This statement is easy for laypeople to understand, but industry insiders need to put in extra effort to understand it.

The teacher in charge of the center struggled to organize her thoughts and finally managed to put her words into words.

"Zhu Ren, is it because of what happened in the past?"

After eliminating one incorrect option, the teacher in charge of the center immediately misunderstood another possibility.

He glanced at Xia Tian, ​​who was in the know; then he glanced at Chen Ting, unsure if she was the one.

So he used a rather subtle way to remind Nan Zhuren: "Zhuren, are you doing this so you can continue researching at the center? Or is it because I asked you to consult a few more students before? If that's the case, you don't need to do this. I can even arrange for those students I asked to consult again. This isn't some kind of exchange..."

“No, no, it was my own idea to do it,” Nan Zhuren interrupted.

“I came to the center to do more consultations,” Nan Zhuren said. “My company hasn’t had many visitors lately.”

The teacher in charge of the center caught her breath: "...Huh?"

Even after eliminating a few more incorrect options, he wouldn't be sure to settle on this one; he finds it hard to imagine a therapist taking on so many consultations.

Even if Nan Zhuren said it himself, the teacher in charge of the center would still think: given Nan Zhuren's psychological counseling skills, he must have his own reasons for doing this, there must be some deeper meaning...

Nan Zhuren stated emphatically and concisely: "I enjoy consulting."

...Okay, this reason is a bit beyond the comprehension of the teacher in charge of the center.

If a student who has just been admitted to the psychology department says "I just like counseling" out of curiosity about it, then I can understand it and think to myself, "It's so good to be young" or "Silly kid."

Generally speaking, when these students accumulate about 10 hours of consultation time, their enthusiasm will disappear; after that, without external incentives such as assignments, papers, consultation fees, or academic credits, they will definitely not take the initiative to provide consultations to others again. But now, Nan Zhuren, an experienced psychologist with a formal job as a psychological counselor, has returned to the counseling center to provide free consultations to students.

She even said with clear eyes, "I like doing consulting."

It's very puzzling.

On the other side, after silencing the teacher in charge of the center, Nan Zhuren checked his watch.

"My first visitor of the day will be here soon."

"Then I'll head over there first—is Consultation Room Number One over there?"

Xia Tian immediately raised her hand to point in the direction for Nan Zhuren. After the young consultant disappeared from sight, she sat down again and, together with Chen Ting, flashed a standard social smile at the teacher in charge of the center.

Meanwhile, the teacher in charge of the center was still staring blankly at today's consultation schedule.

click-

The center's doors opened again, but this time it wasn't a visitor who entered; instead, it was a short-haired female teacher.

"Is this Teacher Xue? Good afternoon. You have a consultation this afternoon," Xia Tian greeted immediately.

The female teacher smiled too. At her age of over thirty, seeing a pretty female student would inevitably lift her spirits.

"I know, let me check the schedule to confirm what time it is. And—"

At this moment, Teacher Xue also saw the teacher in charge of the center. She lowered her voice and said, "I heard that Nan Zhuren and Teacher Nan will also be back today to do counseling?"

Her voice carried a gossipy curiosity, mixed with an obvious sense of anticipation.

The teacher in charge at the center did not respond.

This was a strange situation, and Teacher Xue couldn't help but notice his current actions; and following his gaze, Teacher Xue immediately saw today's unusual work schedule.

"Nan Zhuren really came back—no, what's with this schedule?"

She looked up at the teacher in charge of the center: "Are you crazy?"

The teacher in charge of the center finally moved, and he answered Teacher Xue, but his voice was somewhat hesitant.

"I'm not entirely sure either..."

……

Nan Zhuren was unaware of what was happening outside.

Even if he found out, he wouldn't care.

This was his second time receiving counseling at the Jiangda Psychological Center.

This is also the best way he found for quickly increasing his monthly goal consultation hours.

At this moment, he was in a relatively relaxed mood.

"After all, compared to the messy and unreliable consultations available in society, the questions students ask in schools should be much simpler, right?"

(End of this chapter)