After class, Ding Qi walked out of the West Gate and went to the Mental Health Center of the Affiliated Hospital of Jinghu University. At 4:20 p.m. today, a help-seeker has made an appointment for psychological counseling. Thinking of the somewhat paranoid and difficult help-seeker, Ding Qi couldn't help but smile bitterly, and he immediately realized that his mentality was wrong, and he adjusted his breathing and made some self-adjustments.

A qualified psychological counselor should have professional psychological qualities, and should have enough patience and sincerity to accept the client.

At this moment, a beautiful female voice said in the back: "Teacher Xiaoding, what a coincidence, where are you going?" Turning his head, he saw that it was Meng Huiyu, who had just answered the question in class.

Outside the west gate of the school are the sending and receiving points of major express companies, as well as many food stalls and several express hotels that mainly operate hourly rooms, and many students come here after class. But looking at Meng Huiyu's appearance, it was obviously not a chance encounter, although she had slowed down at the moment, her breathing was still a little short, and her face obviously showed signs of rising body temperature, even if she didn't trot all the way just now, she was chasing after her for a while.

Although Ding Qi saw it, he didn't think about it, and replied with a smile: "What a coincidence, you came out to pick up the courier? I went to the mental health center, and there was an appointment in the afternoon." ”

Meng Hui said: "Teacher Xiaoding's class is so good, the girls in our dormitory love to listen to it......! How tall are you?"

This is too abrupt to ask, and the preface and afterword lack logical connection, not next to each other at all, but it cannot be said that her thinking is scattered or gives a diagnosis of "broken thinking". It can only show that she pretended to be calm on the surface, but in fact she was very nervous, and she asked a topic that she was very interested in, and blurted it out inadvertently.

Ding Qi replied unhurriedly: "It's not too tall, only one meter seven or eight." ”

"It's already a very standard type of man", Meng Huiyu adjusted her stride as much as possible, walked side by side with Ding Qi, and said in a somewhat shy tone: "There are several girls in our dormitory who are very interested in you, and I want to know if you have a girlfriend!"

Ding Qi smiled: "Of course there is, she is in the first year of her master's degree at Peking University, and we plan to get married next year." In fact, he only had to answer "yes", but he deliberately said two more words.

Meng Huiyu was hiding some emotion, and her smile was a little unnatural: "Oh, then congratulations to Teacher Xiaoding...... You're still working as a psychiatrist in the school hospital, so you're so talented!"

Dingqi: "To be exact, the relationship between us and the client is the relationship between the client and the client, not the relationship between the doctor and the patient. It's a phrase he often says in his day-to-day work.

Meng Huiyu seemed to be tentative: "I usually have a lot of worries, and I have a lot of problems that I can't figure out and need to find someone to enlighten, can I also go to register to make an appointment and consult with Teacher Xiaoding?"

Ding Qi said in a gentle tone and as professionally as possible: "Actually, even if you need to do psychological counseling, I am not a suitable counselor, because I am already your teacher." Counseling is about avoiding dual identities, and the counselor should be someone who has no other relationship with you. ”

Meng Huiyu covered her mouth and smiled: "I'm just joking with Teacher Xiao Ding, you charge six hundred at a time, and students like me can't afford it." ”

Ding Qi also smiled: "The school also has psychological counseling teachers, and the psychological counseling and adjustment for students is almost free. ”

Meng Hui said: "But why aren't you, Teacher Xiaoding?"

Ding Qi diverted the topic and said in a lectured tone: "Psychological counseling is not comfort and enlightenment, nor is it educational guidance, but the application of psychological techniques to help help-seekers solve psychological problems.

A normal person who is psychologically and physically healthy, as long as he has a correct understanding and response to reality, has a reasonable ability to adapt and transform to the environment, and has a stable and healthy personality, he can usually self-regulate when encountering problems. This is also the normal ability of human beings, otherwise, wouldn't the world have been chaotic a long time ago?"

It is common for people to have psychological problems, and they do not necessarily need counseling. On the other hand, everyone has confusion and conflict in their hearts, but this does not mean that there are psychological problems. People are usually able to self-regulate and adjust, aren't they?

Meng Huiyu lowered her head slightly and said, "That's right, in fact, most of the things have to be adjusted by yourself." Teacher Xiaoding charges 600 for an appointment, if there is anything like me that can adjust my mentality, how much money is it equivalent to saving?"

Ding Qi also smiled: "That's a lot of savings! Healthy physiology and psychology are actually a person's greatest wealth, and this sentence is never bad." …… The courier point has arrived, you go and pick up the courier. ”

Of course, Meng Huiyu didn't come to pick up the courier, but at this moment, she had to stop, made a very cute and cute look and beckoned: "Goodbye, Teacher Ding!" Looking at Ding Qi's figure walking away, he smiled, but in the depths of his eyes, he couldn't say whether it was disappointment or other emotions.

Ding Qi, who has already walked away, of course knows that this sophomore girl has a good impression of him or likes him. This situation itself is normal, but since he is aware of it, he will not promote this emotion, and he should try to avoid giving ambiguous hints to the other party.

In fact, a little clue can be detected from the title of "Teacher Ding" in private occasions of the other party, which is deliberately emphasizing in the subconscious that the age gap between the two parties is not large, and it should usually be called Teacher Ding.

Ding Qi, who is not yet 26 years old, is not only a doctoral student, a university lecturer, a psychological counselor, but also a psychiatrist. When he was studying for a master's degree, his professional direction was mental health, and his supervisor was also Liu Feng.

Psychological counselors and psychiatrists are strictly two different professions, but there are overlaps and overlaps in the professional fields. However, in actual practice, there is inevitably overlap in identity. Many counselors are psychiatrists or still work as psychiatrists like Ding Qi.

Ding Qi's clinical internship in the third year of undergraduate education began in the psychiatric department of the affiliated hospital of the university, and when he graduated from the undergraduate program, the hospital established a mental health center on the basis of the original psychiatric department. His chosen career direction is that of a psychological counselor, and his mentor Liu Feng also supports this decision.

The reason why the medical institutions that came out of the school hospital department were not called "psychiatric treatment centers" but "mental health centers" was that they did not want people to have bad associations such as "neuropathy" or "mental illness". Although the "center" also admits patients with neurosis and mental traits, the new direction of business development is psychotherapy and psychological counseling, mainly for normal people.

This sounds like a very "fashionable" or "fashionable" new profession, which is more in line with the needs of contemporary society. Psychologists can work with a much wider range of clients than psychiatrists, and their social image and impression are much better. As for the current income, it's hard to say.

Although Ding Qi wears three positions, he only receives one salary, that is, the salary of a lecturer at Jinghu University, and his personnel and labor relations are also in Jinghu University. As for the doctors and psychoanalysts in the hospital affiliated to the university, they only get performance bonuses, which are usually some every month, and there is one at the end of the year.

This is not only Ding Qi's case, but almost all of his colleagues are the same as long as their personnel relations belong to the faculty and staff of Jinghu University.

More than three years ago, when Ding Qi had just graduated from his bachelor's degree and stayed in school as a teaching assistant, he had already obtained the qualification of a third-level counselor, and he also worked as an assistant physician in the psychiatric department of the school hospital.

Don't feel that the treatment is not good, some people are willing to swap places with Ding Qi, and the undergraduate classmates of that year were very envious of him, because there are many invisible interests in it. Relying on the platform of Jinghu University and within the unique system of universities, it has incomparable advantages in obtaining on-the-job academic qualifications, various professional titles and qualifications, conducting research, and producing results.

At that time, he had just met his girlfriend Jiajia, who was still in her second year of undergraduate, and the two of them ate, went shopping, bought things, and went out to play. Fortunately, the school gave Ding Qi a dormitory, and he could usually eat the faculty canteen, and he didn't have much of an expense himself.

It took Ding Qi two and a half years to get his master's degree, and then continued to study for a doctorate, and his supervisor was Liu Feng. About three months ago, Ding Qi was promoted from a teaching assistant to a lecturer, and about two months ago, Ding Qi obtained the second-level psychological counselor qualification.

When he first started working three years ago, Ding Qi paid 300 per consultation, which is about the same as a fitness trainer's fee for each personal training session, and his job was to help others maintain their mental health. Just two months ago, his fee had just risen to 600 per time. Meng Huiyu actually knew so clearly, she must have checked his situation on the website of the mental health center.

Some people will definitely think that the income of psychological counselors mainly comes from the commission of counseling fees, and many psychological counseling institutions do calculate this way. However, the performance bonus of the Mental Health Center of the Affiliated Hospital of the school does not seem to be calculated entirely based on the commission of the consulting fee, and Ding Qi has never figured out how it is issued, and he does not need to ask.

Now, counting the salary of a university lecturer and the performance bonus of the mental health center, he has received 6,000 per month, and this is not counting the year-end bonus. In Jinghu City, a large city in the second tier of the country and the first tier of the province, although it is not much, it is not less for Ding Qi, and the important thing is that the trend has been growing steadily.

Just over three years after graduating from his bachelor's degree, Ding Qi's life path can be described as one step at a time, whether it is life or career planning, the future is bright, and it is like running in a planned ideal state, like the delicate gears and racks in a clock. Of course, all this is not unrelated to the appreciation and support of his mentor Liu Feng, and his girlfriend Jiajia is the daughter of his mentor Liu Feng.

On the other hand, Ding Qi also believes that this is the reason why he is good enough and hard-working, and he will continue to work hard to make every success in his life step on the precise step. Since last year, Ding Qi has been consciously saving money, even if the living expenses are enough, he must prepare for the future.

He already got his driver's license when he was an undergraduate, but he hasn't bought a car yet, because he doesn't need it for the time being, but sooner or later he needs it, and more importantly, he buys a house. With his current income, it may be difficult to buy a decent home near Jinghu University, but Ding Qi believes that he can do it in a few years, and he does not need to reach out to anyone for help.

This is a kind of self-confidence, and people's judgment of the economic situation and living standards cannot only focus on the current income, but also contains reasonable expectations for future growth. Professor Liu Feng's daughter, Jiajia, of course, has no shortage of houses, but Ding Qi plans to buy one by herself, which may require a partial mortgage loan, preferably in two years, when Jiajia graduates with a master's degree.

Sunny and cheerful, Ding Qi walked into the Mental Health Center of the Affiliated Hospital of Jinghu University, nodded and greeted his passing colleagues with a modest smile, and another job began.