ëé äðä ëçåîø
áéã äéåöø
Ki hineh kachomer
beyad hayotzer [Hebrew]
We are like clay
in the hands of the potter
- Prayers,
eve of Yom Kippur

As a psychologist, you may be terrified about being asked to make decisions that will affect a person’s life. In effect, you will help your client make decisions about good and bad, and right and wrong. Your client trusts you. However, you might be quite justified in thinking or feeling that you are not worthy of controlling another person’s life and future.

Alternatively, you may have begun your practice with a good and powerful feeling about judging another person's life - but that may have changed or dissipated over the course of time. You may even have difficulty sleeping at night.

This power to mete out instructions and punishment may give you the feeling of being both judge and the jury, but it may also restrict or restrain you.

However, it is important to keep in mind that your successful efforts and guidance will effect a major improvement in your client's life. Your clients will be more respected and successful, and they will be able to contribute to their society, families, places of employment, and other important issues. You can and should be humbled knowing that you, too, are merely a tool in the hands of the Creator.