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Archive for October, 2005

My Attempt at Play Therapy

One of my classes this term is therapeutic communication. Since I’ve been too busy to post any new blog entries lately, I thought instead that I would share a recent assignment with you. (Names have been changed, just because.)
I “borrowed” my friend Lisa’s two boys for this assignment. Andrew is six years old, and his [...]

Forty Eight Hours

I don’t think I’ve ever stayed awake for 48 hours before. I also think it will be a while before I attempt it again. But I had fun.
Friday morning, I woke up as usual (after about 87 “snoozes” and 20 minutes of frantic pomeranian “would you WAKE UP ALREADY, you silly human!?!?!” hair-digging and ear-licking) [...]