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Got home early as a result of rescheduling - two no shows today due to miscommunications on the part of others, one reschedule, one show.

I made a CPS report today. I had very mixed feelings about it; a teenager wandering the streets and consistently ditching school, and who knows if ze’s being fed real food or if the parental unit is merely doling out a portion of the welfare check. On the one hand, I may have scuttled a working relationship with a well intentioned, forgetful, seriously impaired client. On the other, the kid needs supervision. And who really knows if this is something CPS will do anything about - they have an exchange answering their line, which should tell you something about the volume of calls, and you just know (with a sinking achy pit of the stomach) that most of the calls are for cases of serious abuse.

I have to wonder sometimes if making therapists call in any suspicion of any abuse only results in more cases of out and out abuse, in the end. Ostensibly part of what’s addressed in treatment will improve the chances that abuse won’t happen, but get someone in who’s not SO abusive and actively seeking treatment then force the therapist to break confidence and rat them out, and guess who won’t trust any more therapists?

On the other hand, leaving it up to the therapist when to call may result in a bunch of therapists who never call and a bunch of kids who suffer as a result.

It’s a tough call. Is being bounced around foster homes any less traumatic to a kid than mom or dad committing some form of neglect?