Somewhere Down the Road You Might Get Lonely

If I have a student, this is what I will teach:

1. First, do no harm. Seriously. Choose the safest drug first, and if you have to move to something with more health risks but greater potency, that's fine. Don't feel pressured to jump straight to Depakote, or lithium, or Risperdal. Or Clozaril, for heaven's sake. It might really just be depression.

2. The therapeutic relationship IS the primary treatment. Was it Rogers or Beck who came up with that? I don't remember. But most of the healing comes from your showing a hurting person unconditional love and positive regard. That was Rogers. Actually, Jesus came up with that.

Song of the day: "Keep Me In Mind" by the Zac Brown Band