Therapy is Therapy

When I do small group therapy, the first thing that I do is allow them to talk with me. I had a student talk to me about finding her birth mother and then the birthmother rejected meeting her today. She is Autistic.. wanted to know whether the Autism was caused by her birth mother dropping her on her head.. well no... So I had to pull out the psych tools. Look ahead not back.. You love your adapted mother and your birth mother probably didn't deserve you. That changed the picture and the tears dried up. I could have consumed the whole period. One of the other girls who "hates her" picked up a tissue and handed it to her.

That is the stuff that keeps you in this business.

A couple of boys are stinking up the place pretty bad. They became the "winners" of Mr. Brown's wierd contest. Each of four winners received a box of Irish Spring soap. What a prize.

Sometimes its just the little things. Every try to buy soap with food stamps.. it doesn't happen.

: ) Pat