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

Chapter 485 This guy... is starting to be bisexual?
Nan Zhuren ignored the unfriendly look from his lucky senior brother.

He simply pointed to the book on the other person's desk, standing on a bookshelf, and said, "Senior brother, are you also researching narrative therapy?"

Lucky Senior Brother blinked.

The students in the research group have different goals, and not everyone is studying counseling. However, my lucky senior is not among them; he is also an aspiring counselor with aspirations in psychological counseling.

On his desk were the psychoanalytic classic "The Interpretation of Dreams," the humanistic classic "The Theory of Personal Formation," and a book introducing narrative therapy, "Stories, Knowledge, Power: The Power of Narrative Therapy."

If Nan Zhuren had asked about the first two, then Lucky Brother would probably have replied "yes" without even looking up, and then continued doing his own thing.

But narrative therapy... is a very niche field.

Lucky Senior Brother raised an eyebrow and couldn't help but turn halfway to the side: "You've read this book?"

OK, the basic icebreaker is complete.

The conversation started naturally.

Nan Zhuren nodded and said, "Yes, I encountered a client before. He wanted to see improvement in a short period of time, but he had difficulty focusing on his own inner resources, so neither 'schizophrenia' nor 'humanistic' approaches were very suitable. I thought about it for a long time when developing the intervention plan, and finally found that using 'narrative' to solve the problem would be the fastest to see results..."

Lucky Senior's expression immediately softened: "Really? I also recently discovered that [narrative] is particularly useful in certain situations when I was auditing a teacher's visit..."

He turned his body slightly from half-side to the side and unconsciously put down the pen he was holding.

Soon, they began exchanging words.

"..."

"Wait a minute..." In a split second, Lucky Senior Brother realized something was wrong.

How did their conversation turn into a case study discussion?

Moreover... compared to myself, this junior's case has an amazing completeness!

A certain reserve as a senior student, coupled with a bit of prejudice against being forced to work overtime by the supervisor, made the lucky senior student really want to stop the current conversation.

But this person on the other end is discussing a complete case with me...

"Junior brother..." A possibility occurred to him, and the lucky senior brother couldn't help but ask, "Have you started taking on cases independently?"

Nan Zhuren seemed oblivious to the change in the other person's mindset, and nodded with a smile: "Yes."

Lucky Senior asked, seemingly casually, "How many hours of consultation time have you accumulated?"

Nan Zhuren appeared to be thinking—his pupils slightly lost focus as he calculated using the state of "flow."

……

To be honest, Nan Zhuren had never really calculated this before.

If we start counting from before I joined Howard's "Yan Nuo" psychological counseling company until now...

“It should be over 2000 hours,” Nan Zhuren replied.

Lucky Senior looked incredulous, instinctively thinking the other person was bragging.

Such a young face doesn't seem to match such a number at all.

“Sometimes I can do about 40 hours of counseling a week,” Nan Zhuren explained, stating that this is several times the workload of an ordinary counselor.

Your explanation makes it even more unbelievable! It sounds so absurd!
However, Nan Zhuren's expression somehow gave people a sense of conviction, as if to say—if you find it unbelievable, that's your problem.

Before Lucky Senior could say anything more, Nan Zhuren seemed to remember something and continued, "Speaking of which, I have several other cases that are also applicable to [narrative] intervention, which should be helpful to you, Senior, for example..."

“Besides that, there are some intervention methods similar to narrative therapy. They're all interconnected and can be applied to other areas. You could look into them, senior.” “For example, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACRT). Its cognitive dissociation technique is similar to the externalization of narrative therapy, but it's more behavioral. I had a client…”

"For example, [Somatic Experience Therapy] is similar to [Narrative Therapy] in that it rebuilds bodily autonomy and reinforces the narrative of 'I am the master of my body,' but it focuses more on the underlying physiological aspects..."

"besides……"

……

Before they knew it, all the students in the office, whether they were studying or just slacking off, gradually stopped what they were doing and turned their heads to the side.

Lucky Senior Brother swallowed hard and unconsciously turned his body back a little bit.

That’s too exaggerated…

Perhaps the junior colleague's previous claims about consultation duration were exaggerated, but the cases he's presenting now are truly valuable insights. The details in those subjective statements are not something he read from somewhere, but rather something he could only articulate through actual consultation experience.

And the way the teacher so effortlessly applies different intervention methods to various situations... So, did the teacher not just find someone with connections to join the group, but rather a consultant with a strange talent for counseling?

Lucky Senior Brother pursed his lips, feeling a conflict in his understanding that would be difficult to resolve in a short time.

How to continue getting along with his junior brother seems to be a question he needs to consider first...

"Ok?"

Just then, Nan Zhuren seemed to suddenly notice what was on his senior brother's computer screen, and a hesitant look appeared on his face: "Senior brother, are you... analyzing data?"

Lucky Senior Brother seemed to wake up with a start: "Yes..."

"What software is this...? Will it be taught in the first year of graduate school, or do I have to learn it on my own?" Nan Zhuren asked. "I only learned SPSS in my undergraduate psychological statistics course, and I wasn't very good at it..."

SPSS is the most beginner-friendly data analysis software, suitable for standardized data analysis processes such as questionnaire reliability and validity analysis and analysis of variance.

The lucky senior student seemed to have just recovered from a nightmare and discovered the beauty of life: "This is AMOS, used for variable path analysis. It's very convenient for modeling. When writing a paper, adding a path diagram makes a completely different impression..."

As he spoke, the lucky senior seemed to be probing something: "When you were studying, junior brother, you must have focused all your energy on consulting, right?"

Nan Zhuren nodded: "Indeed. That's why I've been struggling with my review lately, because the standardized test basically doesn't cover counseling. I'm doing okay with general psychology and developmental psychology, but statistics and measurement are like learning new knowledge..."

That's the truth. When reviewing, I mostly used Nan Zhuren's "flow state" method for statistics and measurement questions.

"Oh, it's okay. You don't need to study statistics and measurement in such depth. The exams only test basic calculations."

Lucky Senior suddenly grinned mischievously as he spoke: "Did you highlight any important points when you were reviewing?"

"without……"

"Wait a minute... Haha, I still have my textbook with me. I've been teaching students at the institution recently, and let me tell you, there are some formulas you don't need to memorize at all, you don't even need to look at them, like this one..."

"Oh—Is that so?" Nan Zhuren looked like he had learned something.

Lucky Senior Brother's lips unconsciously curled up.

A few master's students who had just finished their exams also peeked out: "Yeah, there's also measurement and experimental psychology. You don't have to memorize a lot of these."

The number of people exchanging ideas gradually increased without them even realizing it.

There was a "di" sound.

After checking the equipment, Chonghui and Shi Qianqian pushed open the door.

They blinked, observing the stark contrast between the office atmosphere and what had been so different not long ago.

(End of this chapter)