The work of a psychologist: Interesting and Useful 679 Good afternoon, Dear Friends! And we continue to study the work of a psychologist and its various features, we continue to share our experience and knowledge accumulated during practice. I bring to your attention the six hundred and seventy-ninth article in the series. Our client has cancer, the prognosis is disappointing, the form of cancer is aggressive. What, among other things, can and should be discussed with the client? For example, what doctors say, what forecasts they make regarding the duration of the remaining life, whether the process of development of a malignant tumor will slow down. This is important for us to understand. And if we see that the client’s death is frightening, then it is important to talk about what frightens him about it. And what reactions do we see in the client when he thinks about his illness? Fear? Anything else? What were your reactions when he found out about his illness? How did you react to the fact that some important organ would be removed, if this really happened? If he talks about it calmly, it’s strange... Is it possible that our client is romanticizing his death? For example, in this case, he may say something like the following: “Now, I’m going to die, and everyone will regret it, they will cry for me...”. Still, we can assume that such reactions are not the best option in terms of mood. In general, it is important to invite the client to build the rest of his life not on the fact that it will end, but on what can be done in the remaining time. Therefore, it is important to know and understand the doctors’ forecasts. What about our client’s faith? After all, faith can be a counterweight to death. Does our client believe? What is his relationship with faith and God? For example, here the attitude can be expressed in the fact that the client is angry at God, angry that he allowed this to happen, resentful of him. And here it is important to understand that resentment can only be against the one we love. When you don't love, you don't get offended. Resentment, as you may remember from my articles, serves the need for affection... What does our client think about all this? About such magical things. Is it possible that the client does not say something or embellishes something, maybe he doesn’t want to talk about something, for example, about his faith... Here, as I wrote yesterday, our strategy when working with such a client is - supportive. To be continued. Do you also want to share something? Please write below in the comments! It will be important and interesting for everyone to learn something useful for their work or just for themselves! Thank you for your attention! The next, six hundred and eightieth article in the series will be published soon, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow! Sign up for a consultation: + 7 - 9 6 5 - 3 1 7 - 5 6 - 1 2 If you liked the material, please click on “Say thanks”! In order not to miss anything interesting, subscribe to my publications! And please share, material on social networks! :)