The poem "Talking to Grief" by Denise Levertov is actually very funny at the start; for some reason, the fact that this person is talking to something that causes people so much pain is extremely funny to me. The poem has the person inviting grief into their home saying that they should have some water or somewhere warm for grief since it is always around. The thing about how I broke it down is that Levertov says that grief should be welcomed into the house just because it helps with the healing process when people really need it. She is also saying that grief is misunderstood and that people should treat it differently than treating it as something that cause problems and needs to be destroyed. Something that I thought that was interesting
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Asking things first about how the person is and how they were introduced to the therapist. Opening questions would be along the lines of “has anyone in your family been diagnosed with a mental disorder?” If the patient says yes you want to take that into account because some disorders can be genetic and it can follow some through the family. Now you would start to just casually speak with the patient not trying to dig to fast and make them feel uncomfortable. You may not get anywhere the first session or even the third session, but you want to feel like you are making progress when speaking with the client. Now on the 7 session you find something interesting out about your client. The client has built trust with you so they start to talk to you about their “pet” that you are hearing about for the first time. The client says that a homeless dog came to the back door for some food during the night. Saying that “ I should coax you into the house and give you your own corner, a worn mat to lie on, your own water dish”. Saying “you've been living under my porch. You long for your real place to be readied before winter comes. You need your name, your collar and tag. You need the right to warn off intruders, to consider my house your own and me
Asking things first about how the person is and how they were introduced to the therapist. Opening questions would be along the lines of “has anyone in your family been diagnosed with a mental disorder?” If the patient says yes you want to take that into account because some disorders can be genetic and it can follow some through the family. Now you would start to just casually speak with the patient not trying to dig to fast and make them feel uncomfortable. You may not get anywhere the first session or even the third session, but you want to feel like you are making progress when speaking with the client. Now on the 7 session you find something interesting out about your client. The client has built trust with you so they start to talk to you about their “pet” that you are hearing about for the first time. The client says that a homeless dog came to the back door for some food during the night. Saying that “ I should coax you into the house and give you your own corner, a worn mat to lie on, your own water dish”. Saying “you've been living under my porch. You long for your real place to be readied before winter comes. You need your name, your collar and tag. You need the right to warn off intruders, to consider my house your own and me