The Subversive Child Therapist

The Subversive Child Therapist

The Subversive Child Therapist
Location
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Birthday
January 15
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The Subversive Child Therapist is an honest to god child/adolescent therapist. She's Nationally Board Certified, a licensed professional counselor in Ohio, and working towards her independent art therapy certification....blah blah blah...

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OCTOBER 20, 2009 5:46PM

Notes from an Adolescent Psych Ward....

Woke up 8 cranky teenagers.

Broke up a fight between 2 teenage girls. During breakfast. Sigh.

Served lunch to 8 (still cranky) teenagers.

Nearly got killed serving lunch. I now have much respect for cafeteria ladies everwhere. Feeding a pack of teenage boys should be labeled as an extreme sport.
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OCTOBER 13, 2009 10:07PM

What does a crazy look like: An ex-psych orderly weighs in

Ok--let me be clear--this description refers to the zany clients of Ward 10  (a locked unit) in the residential treatment place I used to work:
Ok, so let me reveal something to you about what a crazy teenager looks like. For the most part, they look like you or I did at that
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 11:25PM

Child Therapist Hazards #1: Dirty Little Nasties

Ok, so there are some professional hazards working with mentally ill kids, naturally. But the biggest challenges I have been facing lately, have come from the client's peers and their extended family. Sigh.  Like today:

So I was walking down the hallway at the school I'm at. See two middle… Read full post »

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