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Hi All,

I need input on a client, and also a friend, I start with

tomorrow. This is very complicated. The History I know. He

was raped at 4, says he is gay and doesn’t want to be, yet fantasizes

about men. Thinks he may be because he was raped. I know this

is an issue (self acceptance) we will have to work on. He is also a

severe alcoholic, including neurolgic damage. Right now he feels that his

life is useless, has zip self esteem and wonders if he is trying to kill

himself. He rarely eats. Coffee and a cigarette for

breakfast, sandwich maybe once a day, and alcohol starts in the

afternoon. Some days he doesn’t eat. He knows he needs

help and wants to do something, but lost. He has been to rehab 3 times and

it doesn’t work for him. The counseling through the programs were “Christian”

and tried to talk him out of his being gay. More harm than good.

 

He is an incredible artist!! I happened to go over to his

house yesterday to pick up some of my pottery he had fired. I was shocked

at his state change in just over a week. I guess you could say I gently

intervened, and it brought a lot of stuff to the surface. He has agreed

to come to my office. I told him I would work with him with these

stipulations: He can’t have been drinking when he comes over, he

will start to eat, he has to do the “drills”. He told me he

can’t quit drinking, and at this point he can’t, but can cut back.

He has come up with a plan to mark off how much he can drink and decrease

it. He has agreed to the other stipulations, in fact he was overwhelmed

with emotion that I would help him. My bag of tricks includes Eden’s

energy medicine, EFT, and my intuition. I am looking for your wisdom on

this. Are there drills I can have him do, what about diet? I am

open to your information and help.

 

Lari

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