You can only imagine. You would have thought by now that clinical behavioral therapists torrance resident had been there and done it all before. Seasoned therapists, informed by years of life’s experiences as well as having been academically trained to serve local communities as licensed and registered service providers within the health and wellness sectors may now have their hands full with new challenges going forward.

You wonder though. Will they be able to cope? But you have to have faith in the system. A well-functioning system should be a tribute to the boundaries that human endeavor has always been able to breach. You also have to have faith in the behavioral therapists. Forget about their required formal qualifications for a moment. And their years of experience dealing with all kinds of common to critical cases.

Surely it would not have been possible to succeed in their therapeutic work if it were not for the fact that they had generous amounts of empathy at their disposal. Surely a cold-hearted and clinical response to a cry for help will be quickly sensed, as quick as a dog on the prowl senses fear, loathing and doubt in a potential intruder. Perhaps this intruder is a candidate for therapy? Perhaps he never read the history.

Wasn’t it one of the greatest statesmen that intoned that the only thing to fear is fear itself. But if only that were true for all those who have been traumatised, whether throughout life, through an unexpected accident or tragedy, or even through recent events. Who knows how long the recovery process will be. One thing is certain in this time of uncertainty. The recovery process could through a long and winding path.

But recovery it still is, and that’s still a good thing.

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