The Voice Within: Chapter 5
| July 25, 2023She kept me busy, that’s for certain. But the real question remained. Was it helping me at all?
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ikky gave me a couple of CDs to take home with me. “Listen to them every night before you go to sleep. Relax and just let it all out.”
I liked the CDs. They were encased in pretty pink plastic covers and had a cartoon of a little girl on them. For a few weeks, I listened to the audio tracks as I lay in my bed every evening. It was Vikky’s voice with some background music, telling me to “take a deep breath in… and out” and other kinds of relaxing techniques.
My therapist also gave me a laminated chart with a sheet of colored stickers. The chart had the days of the week across the top row, and entries like, “I spoke today in the grocery,” “I spoke today in school,” etc. Each time I passed a milestone, I would place a reward sticker on the card.
She kept me busy, that’s for certain. But the real question remained. Was it helping me at all?
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