u/Consistent-Duty-6195

I work in CMH and I’m a woman. Today we were notified that one of the clients at our agency assaulted a fellow clinician. I won’t go into detail, but now I’m so anxious to be alone with male clients. Sometimes I work late (til 7pm) and it’s just me at a long hallway. We don’t have panic buttons or anything in our offices. I just feel very unsettled now, especially because yesterday I had a regular client (who identifies as male) hug me unexpectedly and without permission after a session. It completely took me off guard and I realized if he had actually wanted to hurt me, he could have because I wouldn’t have reacted quick enough.

Has anyone had similar situation, how do I get over this?

I’m a new(ish) therapist working at CMH agency. I have such a high case load. A new client was self-referred to me several weeks ago and the client states that there isn’t ”anything“ they want to work on for treatment goals, but rather have a space for someone to listen to them. I totally understand this, that they want to be validated and seen in a therapeutic space, but every week they just tell stories. That’s literally it. There’s no working through things or exploring, and I should add—I can barely get in a word. They talk so fast that if I want to say something or ask anything I just have to interrupt which I hate doing.

Ive brought this up in supervision and my supervisor is pushing me to have a discussion with the client that maybe CMH is not the right space for them, especially if there is nothing clinically we are working on.

My question is—has anyone had an experience similar like this and how did you handle it?