•1 Good counselors will help you to first find your calm mind before asking you to face a counseling issue.
•2 Without a calm mind to face an issue you might find that the issue increases your emotional instability and cognitive closed-mindedness.
•3 Without a calm mind to face an issue you might find that the issue increases your unwillingness to reality test the related aspects of the issue.
•4 Facing a counseling issue without your calm mind can be counterproductive because then you will have trouble detaching from the issue, problem-solving it, or coping with it.
•5 Without a calm mind to face an issue you might find that the issue increases your unwillingness to face and go through the issue because you have not yet dealt with your motives and payoffs for having the issue.