Kris, I took a masters level Crisis Intervention Strategies course once, and we had to do roll play. While we were preparing for our demonstration of the "active listening" technique, I was working with a young lady who was giving a detailed description of all the terrible stuff that had happened to her. I couldn't resist (we were just prepping you know). I told her, "you know I don't think I've ever heard anything quite this terrible, have you considered suicide?" She smacked me, then fell out laughing!!!
John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kristyne McDaniel Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 10:53 AM To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: RE: [OT] I wonder how many suicides Kristyne is responsible for? Leland, > Yeap, give a problem a little time, and it will pass. Suicide is a > permanent solution to a temporary problem. That's one of the best things parents and adults can help teens to understand. When you're a kid and everything seems to be so important, it is difficult to get an accurate fix on where your problems fit in with the rest of your life. If you don't have adults around that you respect and can talk to, you can wind up killing yourself over a temporary problem. It is easy to work yourself up when your emotions are raw. Steve taught high school and did a lot of suicide counseling with his students and others. He has an MA in human behavior and counseling, and a K-14 counseling credential, and did a lot of hours of training with Vietnam vets and battered women. For years he had kids calling him in the middle of the night when they were thinking of doing something stupid. As far as we know, none of the kids he counseled killed themselves. Kristyne McDaniel http://www.mcstyles.com http://www.mcteachoncoins.com [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
