Coping With Suicidal Clients

"I was burdened with is just parts that would get really, really anxious when clients would come in with parts that were advocating for suicide to avoid stuff," she says. "And so I would get into those pissing contests with my clients around my paternalistic want to protect them and to tell them what to do" She has a cadre of therapists who are skilled and smart but they don't run a therapy session like she can at the same time. 'The rule is to develop some sense of control over a chaotic and uncontrollable situation'