poem by Daniel Hughes, Clinical Psychologist, continued from facebook page: Challenging Children
…in that moment his soul
is seen with awe and joy
and he becomes warm in my seeing.
In the very next moment
this one child
dares to show too
his blackest, deepest bits
of piercing terror
and wandering loss
In that moment his soul
is seen with awe and compassion
And he stretches into my seeing.
And then this one child
with his one soul
and his flowing smiles and tears
rests safely in my seeing
as we talk and play.
About Author
I have been a social worker for 31 years. My work has been with families and children first in the area of Child Protective Services and then as a therapist working with the same population. I have worked with divorcing and divorced parents teaching co-parenting techniques, supervised therapists and have been a social worker for emotionally challenged children and adolescents in an inner city school system. About 7 years ago I was introduced to the work of Bryan Post and, as a friend and colleague said at the time…I went Post-al. All of my previous assumptions and indeed my work using behavioral interventions, got pushed aside. And along came the realization that none of the interventions, meant to change behaviors, had anything in common with helping children heal from the trauma they had experienced. My best work these days is as a coach/consultant for parents, other caregivers, and teachers. The services I provide are parent education, coaching, consulting and supervising. I am the mother of five adult children and grandmother to five. I am both a bio mom and an adoptive mom.
