Thanks. And no I did not lie to her. She had no means or intentions of taking care of a child...foster for the baby was the best option she had.
I do not lie to patients/client. Nor do I give them advice. I offer their options but ultimately it is their decision.
And yes. Social field is very interesting. There are a lot of horror stories out there for sure and inspirational ones too.
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I learned something new.
As a social worker, clinician, psychiatric counselor for detox/behavioral disturbances/mental illness to I’ve been with refugees, immigrants, and the forgotten ones, to attempted murder to young teenaged mothers...all the way from infants to stellar 90 year olds… the more I understand people...the more I become numb. Perhaps I am desensitized as I encounter crisis, having to section someone in, someone dying right there and then, etc. I no longer feel the same way. It’s like watching a horror movie over and over but no longer fearing them. I think I need to figure this out.