Stability Through Counseling Dust-up

A young woman who works in a children’s psychiatric inpatient facility here had a particularly intense family conference immediately after our weekly T’ai Chi Chih session. The meeting became quite heated with shouted threats and some aggressive body language. The young caseworker wondered why not one of her coworkers intervened. But they told her (later) that she looked in perfect control of the volatile situation. In fact, the blowup did diffuse itself eventually, and, in retrospect, the woman realized she had remained absolutely centered throughout the encounter. And it made her curious. What had given her this extra stability and calm… The only thing she’d done differently that morning was the addition – in that very meeting room – of a 40-minute TCC class. Somewhat amazed, she had to give credit where credit was due.