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Old Apr 02, 2012, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by stopdog View Post
I read some book by a therapist guy who gave an account of when his wife died and after he came back to work, he just wanted to be able to get on with his job. That was the best thing clients could do for him.
My T was much like this with her cancer. If I asked if she was okay, she told me the truth about what was going on; but was careful to assure me that if she couldn't handle it, she wouldn't be there. She looked like hell some days, but she told me a couple of times that getting back to her normal life helped her tremendously.
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