Doc Warren

As clinicians we undoubtedly do everything we can to help our clients. Many times this help comes in the form of “traditional” talk therapy and related interventions but there are times when behavioral interventions alone will not do the job. There are times when level of anxiety, depression (the most common reasons many enter treatment) reach a level that a client will need to be assessed for either short or long term medical interventions.

Most if not all of you realize that I am playing off Eric Berne’s seminal text’s titled “What do you say after you say hello?” If you are one of the few that has never read it I encourage you to drop everything, cancel your day’s sessions (if you didn’t already once you saw that I had published this blog) and read it cover to cover; if for no other reason than that it may make this blog title and blog itself all the more humorous. Go ahead, I can wait (Looking at my Ingraham pocket watch that was made right here in Bristol CT back when we didn’t send every job to China)…

Last I checked we are all humans, sure we are highly trained and highly skilled humans but no amount of formal education, certifications and licensure can take the human out of human service providers. Though we know how to work through our issues and seek the assistance of other clinical professionals as needed, there are times when well buried or long forgotten issues can be triggered by a client, situation or event. How we deal with those issues can make or break us as clinical professionals. It can also help us better understand our client’s reactions to things as well, should we look at and understand our own reactions.

This series of blogs is excerpted from a chapter of a book that I contributed to. It is being shared here in the hopes that it may help to provide some foundation for ideas in your area.

This series of blogs is excerpted from a chapter of a book that I contributed to. It is being shared here in the hopes that it may help to provide some foundation for ideas in your area. Please excuse the formality of the writing.