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A client survives a serious car accident two weeks ago. Since then, she’s barely sleeping. She keeps seeing the moment of impact in her mind, avoids driving, jumps whenever she hears brakes squeal, and describes feeling as though she’s watching her life from outside her body.
Is this Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? Maybe eventually. Right now, though, the calend...
“I know I need to set a boundary, but part of me feels guilty.”
“Part of me wants to leave the relationship, and another part is terrified of being alone.”
“I don’t understand why I keep doing this. I know it isn’t helping me.”
Clinicians hear statements like these all the time. Interestingly, clients often start talking about themselves in “parts...
A client sits across from you and says, “I don’t know how to explain it.”
For many clinicians, that sentence is familiar. Sometimes a client knows something hurts but can’t organize the experience into language. A child may act out a fear before they can name it. A trauma survivor may understand intellectually what happened while feeling disconnected from the e...
A client says, “I know drinking is causing problems with my family, but I’m not sure I want to stop.”
What should the Social Worker do FIRST?
If your instinct is to educate the client about alcohol use, develop a treatment plan, confront the consequences, or convince the client that change is necessary, slow down. This is exactly the kind of si...
A toddler cries when her father leaves the room but settles quickly when he returns. Another child barely reacts when a caregiver walks away and turns his body away when the caregiver comes back. A third desperately reaches for her parent during a reunion, then pushes the parent away moments later.
What are you supposed to do with those details on the...