Mary Pipher's Novel 'Letters To A Young Therapist'

I had the pleasure to speak with a young lady that fits this description perfectly. It’s sad, but true about the above mentioned quote from Mary Pipher novel; Letters to a Young Therapist. This young lady that we will refer to as Melanie was running from the reality of losing her home. The pain and stress that this process was inflicting on her; lead her to taking pills to numb her pain. This lead to her addiction to pain killers. Melanie stated, she just wanted the pain and worry to disappear and when she was in this drug induced state she felt that the troubles of losing her home had disappeared. We all have coping mechanisms to deal with certain situations.

In regards to the biopsychosocial assessment Melanie pain was observed by failing