NEW BOOK

TODAY WE WENT TO CHANDLER TO THE BOOK STORE b&n AND I GOT A NEW BOOK "DRIVING WITH DEAD PEOPLE" ABOUT A LITTLE GIRL WHO IS IN A FAMILY WITH A FUNERAL HOME.
AND HAS A FATHER WHO DRIVES TO ALL ACCIDENTS AND HAS A VIDEO CAM ON HIS CAR TO FILM ALL ACCIDENTS.
THIS STORY REMINDED ME OF A FAMILY I DID THERAPY WITH ONCE WHERE THE FATHER DID JUST THAT .
AT ANY RATE, I CANNOT SAY ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT BUT I MUST ADMIT I WAS ALWAYS FASCINATED WITH THIS BIZARRE PERSON. AND I NEVER FOUND OUT ANY MORE ABOUT IT SINCE THEY LEFT TREATMENT AFTER 2 VISITS.
IN MY 35 YEARS AS A PSYCHOTHERAPIST, I HAD MANY INTERESTING CASES AND I CANNOT GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT ANY OF THEM BUT CAN MENTION SIMILARITIES AS I JUST DID BECAUSE IT IS DISGUISED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT CANNOT BE CONNECTED TO THE ORIGINAL CASE.
IN MY PRISON DAYS I HAD MANY CASES THAT WERE INFAMOUS AND IN THE PAPERS AND SOME EVEN ON THE TV THAT WERE VERY WELL KNOWN. UNFORTUNATELY I AM UNABLE TO SHARE ANY UNTIL I GET A SIGNED RELEASE OF INFORMATION FROM MY PATIENTS I HAD THERE. MANY WERE EAGER TO HAVE THEIR STORIES TOLD IN THEIR OWN WORDS BUT MY JOB DESCRIPTION FORBADE ME TO DISCLOSE THEM ANYWAY.
I WOULD LIKE NOTHING MORE THAN TO WRITE UP ALL MY CASEWORK BECAUSE IT SEEMS A SHAME O NOT TO SHARE SUCH FASCINATING INFORMATION.
I HAD MUCH TRAINING BY VERY WELL KNOWN PERSONS WHO WORKED FOR THE FBI AND THE SECRET SERVICE AND JUST WERE FORENSIC EXPERTS IN THE FIELD. THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING FOR ME. IT HELPED ME IN TREATING SEX OFFENDERS AND MURDERERS AND ET ALL IN PRISON.
THE JOB I HAD THAT WAS NOT IN PRISON WAS AT A SETTING WHERE PATIENTS WERE CONVICTED BUT MENTALLY ILL AND WE SUPERVISED THEM IN THE COMMUNITY TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER ACTIONS WHICH ENDANGERED THE COMMUNITY A LOT LIKE PAROLE AGENTS BUT DEALING ONLY WITH MENTALLY ILL INCARCERATED PERSONS RELEASED TO THE COMMUNITY. THAT WAS AN EXTREMELY BUSY AND RESPONSIBLE JOB WE DID EVERYTHING FOR THESE CLIENTS. MANAGED THEIR MONEY UNTIL THEY COULD DO SO, TESTED THEM FOR DRUG USE, MADE UNANNOUNCED VISITS TO THEIR HOMES AND SEARCHED THEM, HELD GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL THERAPY SESSIONS EVERY DAY. AND WROTE EXTENSIVE REPORTS TO THE COURTS REGARDING THEIR PROGRESS AND ACTIVITIES. AND TESTIFIED IN SOME CASES. I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED MY PROFESSION ND WOULD STILL BE THERE EXCEPT I BECAME DISABLED WITH ARTHRITIS IN MY KNEES AND WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB STAIRS OR WALK LONG DISTANCES WITHOUT EXTREME PAIN. I RETIRED DUE TO THIS AND SINCE HAVE HAD MY KNEES REPLACED BUT I STILL WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE LONG WALKS ON THE PRISON MAINLINES.
BUT I DO MISS MY WORK VERY MUCH.

WELL THATS ABOUT IT FOR TODAY. HUGS ALL