So, we are back in the full swing of things now. We are beginning Week 4, already. Yes, that is hard to believe but true. I look back and am amazed that I have thus far been able to keep up in my class. I just have not managed yet this semester to carve out a distinct time to do my reading and writing for this class. Every week there is a different reason for this, but I read a little here, a little there - in the car waiting for the kids to be dismissed from school, at the pool waiting for one kid to finish practicing, in the waiting room at the doctor, in the kitchen while waiting for something on the stovetop, etc. Somehow the little snippets of time add up and the reading gets done. But I really need to carve out this time, just for my sanity, because there is a significant amount of reading in this course. And it's pretty dense so far.

Things are moving along at my placement too. I'm gradually receiving clients, which is a good thing because it enables me to get a grip on the files one by one. "Grip," of course, is a relative term. I don't mean to imply that I really have a clue what I am doing. But some sense of the client history, presentation and the like is certainly helpful. So far it does not feel all that different from the work I did last year at the correctional facility. Maybe I was more "therapist-like" there than I realized. Or, possibly, I am not "therapist-like" enough where I am now at the clinic. Mmmm. Perhaps a question for supervision......