Gear... Week 2 of Brigits Flame

[wierdauntie]

Autobiographical Entry with Names and Details changed to protect confidentiality

I’m supervising an intern for her Master’s program. This helps me because the one day a week that I can give to Po’okela Elementary out of all of my other job duties is not nearly enough-and  it helps her because a good practicum site is hard to find.

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[morde]

That is a terrible thing to come back to. Gods. Reading that made me tear up. Especially the fact that he didn't make sound effects while playing. I think most boys' claim to fame is their sound effects while playing or telling a story.

And that picture does sound hopeful. I hope things work out for him.

[wierdauntie]

I hope I'll be able to keep you posted. Im going to be main therapist on this one.

[jlly_coppercorn]

It's hard to comment on posts like this. Saying that your writing is articulate and engaging seems inadequate in view of the very real suject matter. That little boy...I'm a patient observer and, I think, a good listener but I could never do what you do because I just couldn't stop hurting for him. Adults I could deal with but not traumatized kids. Is he the egg, the fish or both?

[wierdauntie]

That's why we have extra training... but there's no doubt that experience is the best teacher, and really KNOWING that people want to heal, and have within them the capacity to do so. In my opinion, the boy is saying he's both the egg and the fish... and truth is often stranger and more beautiful then fiction.

[cedarwolfsinger]

I admire that you can describe what happens with your clients in this way. I want to cuddle him. I want to cuddle most of the kids you talk about. Thanks for sharing this. Good luck with it.

[wierdauntie]

I want to cuddle them too. Sometimes I get to!

I love it!

[klsiegel]

I love the hopefulness. I've been doing some play therapy of my own this summer, although I really didn't know that when I started...I just love that line: "This little boy wants to heal himself, and he's going to."

Re: I love it!

[wierdauntie]

Yay for Play Therapy! Good for all ages.

[innana88]

Wow. The idea that the child is in charge of his own healing and will know when he's ready....on one hand, that's a duh. On another, it was so unexpected. It's really beautiful. As a patient, I can say really true, too. There's a reverence there between you and your clients. I can't tell you how much I appreciate that and how much I wish many other therapists or counselors would learn from this.

[wierdauntie]

Never work harder than the client. They are the ones in charge of healing.
Easy to say, hard to remember.