I very much like the idea of co-counseling. I think that America is creating a society that is growing more narcissistic for every individual person. As a result, people do not truly listen or understand one another, but rather they look for a moment when they can hop on board the others train of thought of another person and direct the conversation to be more about them. I am not exempt from this. Upon completing the exercise in class that acted as a demonstration of this technique, I came to the conclusion that the majority of my conversations were in actually just tales of my own adventures in life. In the brief amount of time that was given for this I truly felt that I was able to gain a better understanding of my partner (In this case, Marco) and that I benefited from this, as well as he.
As an activity to be regularly practiced I see no negative effects. It is an opportunity to further develop a relationship with someone while also opening up about yourself. The fact that it is not a conversation and that the person questioning the other is not allowed to talk, but only ask questions to further their understanding, is really enlightening and leads to many possible positive outcomes, such as the person solving their own problems or coming to their own conclusions, rather than somebody having to tell them.
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