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On that note, what was a very good day, and conversely, what was an extremely frustrating day?

Then everyone would fail even more than they do already.

Can you give me a quick walkthrough of a teen's case as they move through your hands? How does a case come in, how do you work with them (And for how long? What sort of schedule do you/does a patient keep?), and how does a patient leave?

^{Is 'patient' the right word?}

Hmm. So it's usually guardians calling. Being an insomniac loner, I remember walking around late, wondering about what community resources existed, thinking of how the churches lock their doors at night. I've never been religious, but I always imagined that was in some way a historical role of a priest, being there for the troubled. I dreamed quixotic of being a kind of community father, with an open door and hot soup for anybody, any time.

Thanks for actively responding. I've always been curious, or fascinated about the interstices of society - the bits that don't make it onto the Facebook feed, but play out in small dramas every day everywhere, as the deadly struggles of mundane life. I've done volunteer EMS work, and we get flash glimpses of peoples lives at some of their worst moments. It's not our job to pry, but you wonder about the context. One call sent us to an unpublished address which was some form of center for troubled youth, after a girl had a panic or asthma attack in a confrontation with other residents. I suppose keeping things like that from happening falls under 'ensure safety'.

Doesn't that make anybody who works for Greenpeace, the ACLU, or any other advocacy or lobbying organization a professional protestor? She has her job and FWIW I take it to be as legitimate a calling as anyone else prodding at Capitol Hill (both for the good and the bad).