Showing posts with label supervision. Show all posts
Showing posts with label supervision. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Switching hats

I keep forgetting I*m not that kind of therapist.  I have bombed with at least three mental health training supervisors.  I*m not sure this is a record.  Perhaps it is.  I want to say to each of them:  It*s not you... It*s me.  But then again, this line sounds like I no longer want to date them, and I*m working to find the least hurtful way out.  I stuck with two of them for a year each.  I learned a lot.  For number three... we made it two sessions.  It*s not you... it*s me. This, of course, is true.  And of course, it*s you too.  I feel like I have left three gifted people, and yet kept the original who sees that I am not that kind of therapist.  See... I am still doing it:  It*s not you... it*s me.  Of course.  Of course it*s you too.

I felt the need
To switch hats last night.
Now
I said
I am not talking to you
As a therapist.
Oh
She said
Of course you*re not.
That*s not why I see you
Anyway.

Monday, February 25, 2013

Supervision

Just when I think I know who is supervising me, I uncover someone new.


My supervisor must know
I am well ahead
On supervision hours.
All my clients showed today
With bells on.
The supervisor,
With apologies,
Didn*t.
This meant I could go home
In daylight.
This meant
I could arrive home
Before dinner,
Feed the cat,
Pour fresh water
In his big stainless steel bowl.
I am ahead
On supervision hours.
The cat knew this
Before I even left for the day.
He called me home
Just in time
To pour crunchies
In his bowl.