Thread:AngryLance/@comment-37028137-20200128044919/@comment-37028137-20200322214918

Greetings Lance,

I saw this yesterday but had to give it some much needed thought before replying. As it stands I prefer to keep my work life and my private life separate. I don't practice when I'm not at work simply to avoid a conflict of interest.

That being said I would be willing to talk to him as a friend, if he wants to talk. I do not wish to turn up uninvited, or unwanted. If he is uncomfortable with the situation it could do more harm than good.

I also feel the need to point out that I don’t know him that well so I may not be much help in this matter.

If you would do two things for me before I consider the next course to take.

1 Ask him if he needs to talk with someone, don’t just assume it to be the case, and offer him my name if he wants it. Unless a person is open to talking there’s not much that can be done.

2 And I would like to know a tad more about exactly what he said to concern you in the first place. Context is everything.

As an aside, from what you’ve said it seems to be more than just confusion. (Please correct me if I read that wrong.) I am missing part of the ‘story’ so to speak so I do not want to presume anything at this point. If he does contact me I will do my best to offer advice. (But as I said above this will not be from a medical standpoint. Under PSI and IACP guidelines we don’t practice outside of a clinical environment.)

The Weary TimeLord.