Nia was referred to counseling by the school after she went missing for three days and after parent found out Nia was engaging in reckless sexual activities. I picked Nia from her class and both walked to the library where our first session was to take place. She seemed emotionally deflated and grumpy. Nia was wearing oversized and rather worn out clothes. She wore a boy’s brand-name jacket, a pair of washed out jeans and heavily worn brand-name sneaker shoes. There was an angry and upset look in her face and seemed almost as if she dragged herself as she walked. When I introduced myself, Nia had very articulate questions about how and why the program runs and quickly expressed confidentiality
