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by Cathy Haur, LMFT

Cathy Hauer, LMFT, has been in private practice since 1990. She served on the SCV Board 20 years ago, and then was a part of the Committee on Therapist Well-Being for several years after that, editing the Committee's newsletter column.  Cathy is currently a Board member of CoastPride, an organization she helped found for the LGBTQ Community on the Coast of San Mateo County.  Although she continues to work part time with clients, she recently closed down her office suite, inspiring this creative piece, and acknowledges how familiar this unexpected change has become for so many therapists.

Not just the four walls                     
Not just the rooms                            The trees, the sky

The sense of place                  
The sense of home                            The heart, the soul

……. 

Letting go of this,
My professional oasis                        Honor the serenity

The world I built,
To heal and to hold

Precious lives,
Precarious psyches                            Release the need for permanence            

Lives were touched
Insights gained

Pain expunged
Love renewed                                    Remember all the good

Fold it up
Like an origami dream

Tuck it tightly

Into my broken heart                         This will be enough

By Cathy Hauer, October 2020

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