I was in the E.R. working with a woman in her mid-twenties who was experiencing some pretty intense thoughts of suicide. Very tragically, the woman became a paraplegic this past December as a result of a car accident. The past seven months had been an endless stream of medical care, personal and family adjustments, and attempts at rebuilding some sense of self and stability. And if that wasn't tough enough, crying profusely, the woman shared that she believed her husband no longer loved her and would soon abandon her.
This heart-broken woman needed so much more than the obligatory, "Hang in there, and good luck to you," as she was wheeled off to the psychiatric unit. So I offered her gentle and in-the-moment expressions of empathy, respect, compassion, and hope. Messages so pure and powerful they could have been conveyed without uttering a word. To me, hope is the most powerful of all elixirs. And I can't tell you the number of times it has provided a powerful sense of calm and relief to my most desperate of clients.
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