Outpatient has three interns! Paulette Walker, U/M MSW intern, Danilo Tuazon, Jr., EMU MSW intern, and Jeannine Peck, EMU BSW intern. Paulette and Danilo will work at the Outpatient Office; Jeannine will work at Daybreak. All of the interns are here until May 2007. Welcome Paulette, Danilo, and Jeannine!
We have a new EMU BSW intern at the Farm. His name is Isaac Williamson and he will be with us until May 2007. Welcome Isaac!
You've probably heard Jim and me warn staff and other counselors to make sure you get your "goodies" somewhere else...
Something is a bit odd about people who proclaim "I want to help people"--the underlying assumption being that they are in a position to help and that others will want to be helped by them. Such people may be lured, knowingly or unknowingly, by the position of authority, by the dependence of others, by the image of benevolence, by the promise of adulation, or by a hope of vicariously helping themselves through helping others. Though some helping professionals have humbly and realistically perceived that they have something to offer and are willing to accept the responsibilities inherent in their calling, others use the role to manipulate their world in a convenient, simplistic manner, ultimately failing to take responsibility and using authority precisely to avoid it. For such people their job is not merely a way to earn a living: it is the essence of their lives.
Source: Maeder, Thomas. "Wounded healers: the helping professions." The Atlantic (Jan 1989)
