Therapists and Clinicians

Therapists covers the clinical role in the child's life. Pieces in this part address the therapist as one part of the wagon train rather than the destination. They cover how to recognize a clinician who is doing trauma-informed work and one who is not, the practice of family partnership with a therapist, the recognition that the caregiver is in the room far more than the clinician and is doing the daily work the clinician's hour points to, the question of when therapy is the right move and when it is too soon, the work of trauma-specific modalities at a high level for caregivers without making caregivers into clinicians, and the boundary between caregiver and therapist roles. They include the harder questions of clinician fit and the work of changing clinicians without re-traumatizing the child. Forms that fit this part include `POLICY` on clinician selection, `LENS`, `STRATEGY_PRACTICE`, `RESEARCH_NOTE`, and `OPINION`. The journey vocabulary includes: the clinician in the train, the hour that supports the week, the partnership of roles.