Meeting My Client for the First Time

By Anonymous, a Shanti Volunteer

I remember being so nervous that afternoon as I knocked on Tom’s* door for the first time. I couldn’t stop wondering if I was really ready for this, despite all the wonderful training I had received from Shanti on being an effective peer counselor. Would he like me? Would I like him? And what could I possibly say to someone who had been through so much tragedy at such a young age?