iwanttobeapenguin

Aren't the people on the show supposed to already be competent too? That would make it even worse.

In my experience, if the reactiveness is due to fear, using punishment makes it worse instead of better. If it's not a behavior based on fear, I can understand using different methods, although I still think positive reinforcement works wonderfully.

My therapist was a student (the clinic was through a university). We did mostly exposure therapy and challenging assumptions that I got stuck on in my daily worksheets, and it helped reduce the impact of panic attacks a lot. I still get them all the time, but my life isn't falling apart because of it. She was good at asking questions that pointed out things I was assuming that probably weren't true. She's probably long gone and I have no way of contacting her anymore, but i really wish I had thanked her. I'll thank you instead. Your work makes a difference.

I know right? I'm like half way through season 5 of Angel and I feel like an idiot because I just read that. Oops.

He does end up living in the hotel. That's implied later.