Cherished Wounds: Mere Psychotherapy, Part 6

We live in a world of insurance companies, reimbursement, diagnostic codes, hospitals, pharmaceuticals, agencies, and private practices alike. They all have their agendas and allegiances which inevitably become known one way or another.

"Whomsoever I've cured I've sickened now, and whomsoever I've cradled, I've put you down.  I'm a search light soul they say, but I can't see it in the night.  I'm only faking when I get it right." ~ Soundgarden, Fell on Black Days

"We are kings and pawns, emperors and fools." ~ The Count of Monte Cristo

For a brief period in my career I worked as a school-based therapist.  Meaning, I was employed by a community mental health agency and contractually housed (had an office) in a school in one of the areas of service.  Through a substantial state grant and collaborative efforts from both the school system and the agency, I had worked with both school and clinical systems to build an elaborate play therapy room conjoined to my office.  Effectively, this was a full-sized classroom that had been partitioned into an office / waiting area and then a space for play therapy.

Franz was enrolled in the second grade when I met him.  His mother met me after school one day to request an assessment cons…