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Posted by: Yvette Tags: Posted date: June 20, 2011

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The past two years have been EVERYTHING! From exciting to exhausting! A lot of hard work was done in the past two years. In general, the two most important things I learned were discovering who I was as a person and how I could use my personal attributes to contribute to a person in emotional need. Well, not to mention all the hard work put into a 2 hour presentation, presenting on a 40 page modality paper along side a 20 page case paper.

My Final Case Presentation took place on April 8th. A date I will never forget. I remember getting stomach pains a week prior to the date. It was awful! I’m not afraid of public speaking, I really like it! There was just so much weight riding on this presentation, I wanted to puke. April 8th was a total haze to me. I can’t recall what I ate prior to the presentation or how I even managed to get my clothes on. The presentation was totally an “out of body” experience. I was really enjoying it! But it seemed to go on for hours! Finally, my committee thanked me and asked me to read a vignette and give an impromptu presentation on a treatment plan. My stomach was in knots! I wanted to run out the door, but I knew my 4 inch heels would only take me so far. I presented. They asked me to leave the room to discuss the results. Darren stood outside the conference room for moral support. He held my hand as 5 mins seems like 5 hours. Dr. Swim, the chair of the committee, opened the door with the biggest smile on her face and said, “YOU PASSED”! I felt like crying, I was too macho so I held it in. There were fireworks going on in my head as my panel proceeded to congratulate me, or maybe that was the light-headedness from the lack of food. I walked away not only feeling relief, but knowing that this was the beginning of an exciting and rewarding career. I felt a sort of energy coming out of that room. I was physically exhausted but so motivated and energized to move forward, not only as a therapist, but as a person.

This photo was take seconds after my panel members passed my Final Case Presentation. This, my friends, is the face of RELIEF!