Practice Story
3 articles about practice story.
The Chair Was Still There When I Got Back
A composite story about returning to practice after surgery: the guilt of a lighter caseload, the clients who ask if you're really ready, and what a slow return teaches about pacing a practice around a body instead of a calendar.
The Year I Cared for My Father Between Sessions
A composite story about holding a full caseload while quietly caring for an aging parent, and what it taught one practitioner about capacity, honesty, and letting the schedule breathe. On the double shift no one sees, and the permission it takes to make it lighter.
The Session That Turned Out to Be the Last One
A composite story about a client who left right when the work was getting good, and what a practitioner learned by sitting with the silence instead of solving it. On endings you do not get to choose, and the quiet grief of doing this work well.