Hi everybody, my name is Christian Wolf and I am an alum of Divine Mercy University and a very, very happy customer.
In fact, I feel like I'm a part of Divine Mercy University, not just, you know, a student that's kind of out there.
My background is as an Air Force kid, grew up, all over The United States, and then I moved into an advertising career where I worked all around the globe.
And I came to some life experiences, some personal experiences late in my career where it was time to make a change.
I often disclose that I'm a drug addict and alcoholic in recovery, and there are all sorts of stories behind that, But, you know, along the way, there were some wonderful clinicians who, did an exceptional job in helping me understand things about myself and be able to live free of those types of, you know, addictions.
And so it made sense for me, based on my personal experience, to take some of that and hopefully turn around and allow that to inform in a clinical setting.
So I launched out on addiction counseling.
I work at a massive, rehabilitation, providing hope and healing to people who suffer from addictions.
We're all over the country and I, work in my local community.
And because of my study at Divine Mercy University, I've just been accepted into the integrated provider program so I can begin to serve those with co occurring disorders, with alcohol or drug addictions, as well as mental health disorders.
I love what I do.
I love it.
Love it.
There's nothing better than being able to connect with people.
I often laugh heartily when I'm in group with clients when it's time to laugh.
And I often have to hold back tears at times when I'm really touched by difficult things that people are going through or just to watch the process of change.
If anything, I'm a change junkie, and, I'm okay with that title because I get to see it every day, and this is an amazing field to be able to do it.
The Catholic Christian Meta Model is something that I use today in my current practice as an addictions counselor.
And in fact, it was something that I used the whole time I was in school because the whole time I was working in a helping relationship.
The Catholic Christian Meta Model allowed me, it forced me in a way, to see the whole person and not just one aspect.
That was brilliant.
And so I use that every day in interactions with clients.