by Jeff Levy | Dec 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
Endings have been a topic of conversation at Live Oak recently, as our current group of graduate interns and postgraduate trainees are concluding their year with us. They are all ending their relationships with their current clients, and we’ve been having exchanges...
by Jeff Levy | Dec 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
I received a phone call earlier this week from Ray, a long time client. He rarely calls between sessions so when I listened to his voicemail asking me to call him back, I knew there was something important happening in his life. When we eventually spoke, it was...
by Jeff Levy | Dec 24, 2017 | Blog
“You need to take care of yourself!” “You need to leave your work at work!” “You shouldn’t be thinking about your clients when you’re not at work.” “You must have poor boundaries and must not be a very good social worker if you can’t separate...
by Jeff Levy | Dec 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
Abby shot up from her seat and ran out of my office. I asked her to stop and tell me what was wrong, but she left without saying a word. I quickly called her cell phone but she didn’t pick up so I left a message. I tried to reach her later that evening and I still...
by Jeff Levy | Dec 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
“I don’t have anything to report,” Joel said to me as we began our session. This had become our beginning ritual, despite having worked together for almost a year. Joel is not the only client who starts a session like this. In other instances, I’ll be talking with...
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