Christopher Keffer - 1
Prompt:
One of my clients told me, “When I said I feel lonely, I am utterly all alone.”
Context:
This client lives at home with his parents, with whom he has at least a neutral relationship but they have all grown into patterns of son-parent interaction. He has symptoms related to anxieties, including social anxiety, and depression. He has one friend whom he sees roughly every o
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Victoria Pignato Anxiety #3 - 1
Prompt:
Anxiety feels like all the racing thoughts and never getting them all done. It's an insatiable thirst for validation and approval while never feeling good enough. It's the moment of not being able to catch your breath but not feeling like you can slow down, like your foot is on the break and the gas at the same time. This pressure can build on your chest like
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Michelle Rush - Addiction #1 - 1
Prompt:
"Getting clean feels like I'm losing my only friend".
Context: This quote was from a 27 y/o male client I have. He said this in one of our very first sessions after detoxing, regarding his addiction to heroin. At this point he was still ambivalent about continuing recovery, and explained that he doesn't have any other friends, and that his addiction to heroin
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Brianna Seaman
Prompt:
"My ADHD is such a barrier that it stops me from being who I want to be. I can't even trust my own body"
Sherita Rumph - Depression #3
Prompt:
Depression is like having all of your energy just sucked out of you slowly. It feels like you’re falling into a deep dark black hole that you cannot get out of and there’s no opening to get out. You feel closed in with minimum air to breath. All of your happiness is being drained out of you.
La’Keisha Poole
Prompt:
" I don't want to be a victim, but I need to be a survivor"
Themes: sexual abuse, betrayal, broken trust, confusion, secrets, strength, family, isolation
This prompt is from a client of mine who is struggling interally with a sexual abuse experience. The abuse was by a close family member who claimed it was an accident and she is struggling with this. She feels like she is
McKenna Burns-Smith - 1
Prompt:
I had a patient who came to seek therapy for his depression and anxiety. While talking to him, he shared his feelings about how he viewed himself. By the way he was talking, I could tell that he has a very low self-esteem and view of himself. He said…
“I can’t even look at myself in the mirror. Whenever I walk by one I try not to look at it. But whenever I do catch my
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Addiction #2 - Jon - 1
Prompt:
One person described what it was like for them in the thralls of their active addiction, specifically touching on when they would start experiencing withdrawal symptoms. I thought it was a good description and that it might be cool to capture it in a graphic:
"I would wake up in the morning feeling sick, knowing I had to do something to make myself feel better. It was
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Jon - 1
Prompt:
The first thing that comes to mind with this assignment is ADHD. I think about the paralysis that comes when there is so much to do. With schooling, there is a lack of motivation sometimes because some assignments don’t seem “fun” or will provide the dopamine release that is often sought after. The paralysis happens when there is so muc
Depression #4 - Jon - 1
Prompt:
“When I get depressed I get lazy, I’m just not motivated to do the normal things adults my age (62), find easy to do. This can include you know not starting work ahead of time. I always have to be on time but I can easily be prepared sooner than right on time but I don’t. I don’t always take a shower and shave and I lose my sense of humor. I pretty much have to really
Anxiety #3 - Jon - 1
Prompt:
I recently learned the origin of the word “overwhelmed”. The word whelm means to submerge and was previously used in reference to boats. When a boat is whelmed that means that a good portion of the boat is submerged in water and sometimes water gets in but not too much. When the boat is overwhelmed the water is pouring over the sides into the boat. Once this starts to
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Emotional / Physical Abuse - 1
Prompt:
She is 13 almost 14 and suffers from anxiety and depression. Her parents split 4 years ago. Her parents have 50/50 custody. Her Dad is extremely controlling and manipulative. Currently when she is with her father she says she doesn’t even know who she is….She said she is herself with mom and completely different with Dad. She was recently at a family wedding w
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Borderline Personality Disorder - Jon - 1
Prompt:
Living with BPD is like living with a forgotten four-year-old inside your head. She’s lonely and abandoned and nobody has ever given her validation. She whines and cries and kicks and screams and has no impulse control. Even though you might have coping skills and logical thoughts and know that the things she’s saying aren’t true, she gets louder and