First meeting was a wonderful meeting. It was a pretty good day for Conner (since he was on a week's vacation from school) and we were both anxious to start healing permanently. George was much more tender than I expected but it was a good thing. He had a gentle voice, very gentle mannerisms and was easy to talk to for Conner.
Conner like him a lot.
George asked many questions for Conner to answer and asked for my input as well. Such as, "Why don't you like school, Conner?", and "So, you can't say the V-word(vomit) and P-word (puke). How does it make you feel when someone says them?".
Conner liked being treated respectfully by this important adult.
George then started talking about how people used to have to either run or fight from predators when we were cavemen. He asked who Conner thought ended up living long enough to have a family... the ones that fought or the ones that ran. Conner said the ones that fought. George said it was the ones that ran since the ones that fought didn't survive half the time. I really thought it was interesting where he was going.
George managed to turn this into a story of how sometimes people think a lion is actually chipmunk. They run so fast and don't look back to see that it's NOT a lion. He continued on a little more in detail about this story. He had Conner's FULL attention (as I was running around the room after my two year at this point).
George also explained ribbon breathing to Conner. Basically, very slow breathing and picturing a ribbon coming out of your mouth as you exhale. It was a great tool to go home with.
We scheduled for week later and Conner was happy. Conner loved this guy! We went home with happy hearts.
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