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Sadly, there are many individuals who are in need of psychological help. Not all of these folk are committed to psychiatric units. Instead, some wind up as clinical supervisors. On some days, mine in particular might as well have been locked up on a 72-hour watch. She could blow hot and then cold, be mean and then happy, dominating yet inferior, insensitive and, then at times, overly caring. What? Yes…—it's true. But, within all of the chaos that I was about to experience, I was to find a special individual—a patient—who not only transcended her own disorder but helped me to realize that locked deep within her ‘schizophrenic mind’, was someone who understood something my supervisor was simply incapable of.
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Denise M. Frank
Dr Denise M. Frank is a theoretical psychologist currently investigating the application of various theoretical models such as terror management and self-presentation, as they apply to the concept of self-esteem in individuals with psychotic disorder. She is currently a Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Innovation at Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, California. [email protected]