-i love it when kids speak like adults. it's so unexpected! even if it's like the adults who don't speak proper english.

-was talking to margaret at lunch. she's got a clinical supervisor and is trying to make the most of this mandatory mentoring relationship. one of her questions for her supervisor was "how to reconcile dual relationships? like in a counseling situation, where do we draw lines/how do we draw lines/is it necessary to draw lines when our friends become patients, or when our friends are patients of our colleagues?" the answer given was to the put the ball in the patients' court. ask them if they're comfortable seeing a friend. and if they are, then that's fine. if they're not, then they can see someone else, no hard/awkward feelings needed.
okay.
i've seen a lot of friends as patients. i've seen my mom. i've worked on a few coworkers. we're generally recommended not to do that due to possible conflicts of interest, or weird emotional things that can be going on.
i guess it depends on what kinds of procedures. and i do try to put the ball in the patients' court. but what about the times when i don't really feel comfortable even if they are completely trusting and comfortable?
in general i love seeing friends. coworkers feel a little different because whenever i see them at work i feel like they think that i'm judging their diets/hygiene habits/teeth. anyway. of course i'm judging! but not without judging myself too. i eat a lot of candy. and it's not like people's health habits change my affections (or in the extremely rare lack thereof) toward anyone.