#client excuses

[ryuubff]

shuake week 2024

day 2: fake dating

(this is a no pt au)

extra close up on the pic

[daekiyu]

k/s doodles bc i have severe brainrot

[mueritos]

its crazy how coming into clinical social work, i really just thought I was up against systems and cycles of trauma....but it turns out i'm up against those two things AND other therapists. the amount of work spent correcting mistakes from other clinicians--whether with clients or during the classroom--is fucking crazy.

i totally get we're all on different journeys in terms of being clinicians. but it is insane finding out day after day of therapists and clinicians saying the worst things ever to clients. demeaning them, telling them "it's all in their head", the racism and the ableism and harm that is caused. like no fucking wonder people are afraid to seek therapy (on top of the accessibility issues). while i'm a little biased and think that at the very least clinical social work training focuses on viewing people within their environments (so not engaging in the medical/individualist models of practice that a lot of counseling programs focus on), that doesn't mean it gives every person the skills to be an effective therapist. i'm also not saying i'm the best clinician ever--I'm literally in training--but boy! it is jarring seeing how some of my peers interact in class and wondering...is that how you are with your clients??

my social work program at the very least also has a focus on anti-racism, but i know students from other programs and some of them don't even mention racism AT ALL and focus entirely on diagnosing people "correctly", or finding the perfect form of therapy to use on a client. but man, what none of these programs teach are basic life skills. wanting to be a clinician isn't enough, especially considering that an inhumane amount of people in my program are 1. so nervous about making mistakes that they lose scope of their practice 2. have so much internalized racism/white guilt to work thru 3. or they have absolutely no listening skills.

again, im not trying to make it seem like I am the number 1 clinician in the world ever. I don't even have a psych background or bachelor's in social work. my reasons for going into social work are quite selfish (I want a job that is very flexible, easily transferable, and can be done in different contexts), and the helping people part is just a plus. i'm just saying it's very jarring seeing other people in training and realizing they too are working with clients. i have conversation after conversation about these issues with other BIPOC/queer/marginalized clinicians, so I know i'm not the only person worried about some of the people that will be out of this program in a few years practicing on their own or with vulnerable populations.

[mxjackparker]

I read a lot of fanfic. Sometimes I read AUs where a character is a sex worker, hoping this time it'll be handled sensitively. Even knowing how unrealistic it is, I've given client/sex worker romances a try; despite real life not working that way I do understand the wish fulfilment aspect.

The problem is there's this phenomena that happens when the "client" acts just as entitled as they do in real life, with the narrative having the sex worker react negatively to it but still fall for them. The longer it goes on, the more I feel like the character deep down is trying to claw their way out. It feels like watching a friend fall into an abusive relationship whilst convincing themselves it's what they want. If the narrative leads to the sex worker quitting sex work to date the wealthy client, whisked out of their life of poverty, I think about the times friends who are sex workers have made themselves believe they're happy in a relationship with an ex-client (or more commonly a sugar daddy) because it's easier than accepting that they've made a trade between an abusive relationship and the harms that come with immense poverty.

I don't know why I keep reading these fanfics.

[gojoest]

oh i accidentally agreed to go on a date tomorrow 😭

[musicalmoritz]

I can’t take Teru haters seriously anymore, wdym your biggest opp is a dude who hasn’t even completed his GPA yet

[tumsa]

deception and perfection are wonderful traits one will breed love, the other, hate you'll find me in the lonely hearts under 'I'm after a brand new start' the kinnporsche anniversary event:  week 1: favourite main character ↳ vegas theerapanyakul

[overdevelopedglasses]

Sunday Six!

Phew, okay, more Ace Attorney for the crowd today, from the same WIP as last week's post. This time injecting a few silly headcanons, because why not!

No spoilers either but mentions characters from the AJ trilogy :)

Tagging... hoo boy let's hope I get everyone. @four-white-trees @ikainkspills @mike----wazowski @jichanxo @passthroughtime @skysquid22 @phantasy14 @nyxqueenofshadows

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Apollo looks at his options. There are the usual culprits: pop music CDs from Wright's childhood, a couple classical collections that seemed out of place, some CDs Apollo had gotten at Trucy's insistence, and a few CDs that were gifts from agency friends and clients. Apollo moves to grab a CD that Clay had gotten for him, a rock group whose whole shtick is space themed songs (Apollo immediately noticed the irony then, and didn't need the help of Clay's shit-eating grin). 

His hand stops a few albums to the left of its intended destination, though, at Trucy's collection of Gavineers albums. 

[firelise]

i feel yei's oldest sibling hater energy in my BONES

"What did I do? I didn't do anything"

EXACTLY babygirl they're lucky you even fucking showed UP, i get you completely babe

[yzafre]

I'm re-watching Leverage, and knowing what Nate will get them into later, seeing him be the one to go "what, no, we're not doing this, that's the mafia, it's too dangerous, are you stupid" in The Wedding Job is very, very funny.

[swamp-adder]

I just read this fanfic which pointed out that after Watson moved out Holmes could have repurposed his bedroom for some other use but apparently chose to keep it as a guest room even though he basically never has any guests other than Watson, and now I can't stop thinking about it.

[niko-and-stryker]

Do a backflip!! Ofc it’s okay if you fail

"...excuse me?"

[isn't it supposed to be like, paperwork and stuff? what kind of coping dream is this?]

[your only and most important requirement is to complete all tasks in their entirety.]

"...i mean...i can try?"

[...this is a little more realistic then Niko is used to]

[og-deadpool]

Hey Wade. See you made it here also. How you been?

- @askironman

Ohhhhh wow look who finally made time to talk to little old Deadpool. Couldn’t make time for me when I wanted to be an Avenger and made me interview with your chauffeur instead. Pffttt. I got somethin’ you can kiss if you wanna act like THAT didn’t happen.

The CHAUFFEUR.

Wade promptly puts his hands over his ears, loudly singing la-la-la-la to block out noise. Childish, sure. Yet no one expected anything less from him. It was better than him actually staring a fight.

[desperatepleasures]

I'll be fully honest lads

I do not know what kind of animal to market this towards

[savage-rhi]

Magenta 🤬

[missymurder]

worst birthday ever