Who would study psychology if they didn't have some kind of problem?

Chapter 95 The Family's "Help"

Lu Jia was elegant and courteous.

While Lu Jia was apologizing, the visitor's family member quickly glanced at the receptionist.

He stared at Lu Jia's face for a while, then his gaze moved down and, upon touching her jewelry, clothes, and shoes, recoiled as if he had been electrocuted.

She spoke a little softer, holding a teacup in her left hand and a promotional brochure from the Yan Nuo Center in her right, fanning herself as if casually saying:

"Is it really that lucrative to do psychological counseling these days?"

Nan Zhuren looked at the information and saw that this was the visitor's wife.

His brows furrowed involuntarily.

"I heard that you got a law professor from Jiang University arrested for the sake of your last visitor?"

A voice suddenly came from behind Nan Zhuren.

Turning around, I saw a chin with a beautiful beard.

However, while Nan Zhuren was observing, Teacher Hu unknowingly touched him from behind.

When this man gave his speech at Jiangda University, he prevented Nan Zhuren from contacting Chen Ting and Wang An.

However, this behavior was actually to protect Nan Zhuren, who was a psychological counselor.

After all, although everything seems to be going well now, in reality, if anything went wrong during Chen Ting's intervention, Nan Zhuren could be out of a job in the entire psychological counseling field at any time.

Teacher Hu admitted that he couldn't do that, and even if he were given the opportunity, he wouldn't.

Therefore, Professor Hu's views on Nan Zhuren are quite complex.

"What did this visitor say? Are you going to pull some drastic measures to cure him again?"

Listening to Teacher Hu's teasing, Nan Zhuren pursed his lips: "Chen Ting's situation is indeed special. Normal psychological counseling doesn't involve such twists and turns..."

Teacher Hu thought Nan Zhuren's words made sense.

After all, it's just psychological counseling. If every client were to push themselves to such extremes, then counselors would be charging for their lives instead of counseling fees.

"Is this really depression?"

Teacher Hu craned her neck to look at Lu Jia and the visitor's family outside, and frowned after only a few glances.

"This kind of guardian doesn't seem like a good thing for someone with depression... What do you plan to do?"

Nan Zhuren gestured for people to stop asking: "Let's get a basic understanding of the situation first. We don't know which parts of the information are usable. As for the rest... I signed a confidentiality agreement."

Other counselors in the same counseling center cannot avoid discussing a visitor's general questions, appearance, or other physical characteristics; once they know, they know.

However, when it comes to the actual specifics, even Shen Bing is not qualified to know.

Of course, agreements are agreements, and rules are rules; their actual implementation depends on the people involved.

Teacher Hu now knew about Nan Zhuren's insistence on certain principles, shrugged, and said nothing more.

Nan Zhuren also saw that the visitor had already filled out the form in the consultation room.

So he turned around and stepped into another consultation room to begin preparing the process.

……

Depression absolutely falls under the category of mental illness.

Especially when the visitor has a history of medication use or consultation.

Although Nan Zhuren spoke with great confidence when talking to Weng Pingting, she still put in 100% effort when she actually received the assignment.

He first began by conceptualizing the case, forming an initial impression of the visitor from multiple perspectives.

For other clients seeking initial consultation, or those with a tendency towards depression, it's generally necessary to differentiate between so-called "depressive mood" and "depression" through professional scales and interviews. This step can be achieved using scales, primarily the SDS Depression Scale and the SCL-90 Self-Rating Scale. Although the client's accompanying materials clearly showed symptoms and treatment history related to depression, Nan Zhuren reviewed them again out of caution.

Anyway, it won't take long.

Once depression is confirmed, a series of subsequent information needs to be confirmed, including the details of the most recent depressive episode, the details of the initial depressive episode, and most importantly, a suicide assessment.

These will all be explained by the visitor in writing first, and Nan Zhuren will also verify them during the consultation.

At this moment, Nan Zhuren sat alone in the consultation room.

After completing the scale and questionnaire, the visitors had a few minutes to rest, during which Nan Zhuren quickly browsed through what they had written.

Afterwards, I put all this information together in my mind and got a general idea of ​​what was going on.

click-

The visitor's tea time was over, and they stepped into the consultation room.

Nan Zhuren looked up immediately, revealing a natural and warm smile.

He placed his left hand on his knee as if to stand up, and pointed with his right hand towards the sofa:

"Please take a seat."

"Ah... thank you," the visitor replied after a two-second delay.

Nan Zhuren timed it precisely so that when the visitor sat down, he was halfway up. When the visitor sat down, he sat down as well.

This perfectly expresses the counselor's politeness and care, without showing excessive concern.

Nan Zhuren, based on the information he had obtained, began to scrutinize the visitors.

The visitor was a 36-year-old male, a little over 1.7 meters tall.

Very thin.

His cheeks were visibly sunken, and he had faint dark circles under his eyes. He exuded a sense of exhaustion.

When he met Nan Zhuren's eyes, he gave Nan Zhuren a smile.

"Hello."

[The corners of her mouth are upturned, and the corners of her eyes are also curved.]

However, the degree and speed are incorrect.

Emotions are transmitted to facial expressions very quickly, especially expressions like surprise and happiness, where the peak is fleeting.

But his laughter remained steady for over three seconds.

It's a little tricky.

The most prominent characteristic of depression is that one is immersed in a depressed mood for a long time, which leads to a dulling of sensitivity to external stimuli.

Not to mention happiness, even emotions like anger and surprise will drop to an extremely low level.

Some people with depression realize, after a long period of treatment and intervention, that their condition is a burden on those around them.

They learn to "perform" emotions, either because they feel uncomfortable with excessive concern for others or because they don't want to cause trouble for others.

Smiling depression evolved from this.

These performed emotions can lead untrained counselors to misjudge and overestimate the patient's recovery. In severe cases, this could even result in tragic consequences.

It is quite tricky to consult with.

The visitor in front of us clearly already knows how to "smile".

(End of this chapter)