Scenario 5: Hybrid Model

>> Well, hey, Liz. What brings you in today? >> I need your help. I completely blew off this giant paper for my class. And in one of my other classes, I have a final due; and I haven't done it. And if I could just get a note from you for my professors, that would help me out. Just tell them that I'm working with you, and just tell them that I -- just give them some reason that I couldn't get it done because I'm going to fail. >> Okay. >> And I'm going to get kicked out of school. And if I get kicked out of school, it's over. It's over. >> Okay. All right. So what I'm hearing you say is that you're stressed out about the paper and some exams that -- >> No. It's not stressed out. If this does not happen, I will fail. I will get kicked out of school. I have to have this -- I have to have this note from you. I'm so serious. >> Okay. All right. What are the reasons you couldn't get the exam done or the paper done and work on the exam? >> I just had stuff going on. You know how I have trouble kind of focusing and just kind of other stuff going on. >> Let's talk about that. What kind of other stuff have you got going on? >> Just, you know, other stuff. Just please just write this note for me. This is not a big request. Please just write this note. If I fail out of school, I am [inaudible]. >> Liz, I understand. I can see that you're struggling right now. I can see that you're frustrated. But unless I know what was going on that you couldn't, you know, do these -- do the paper and work on the exam, I mean, I really -- you know, I'm not going to be able to write a note for you unless you tell me what was going on. >> Why does that matter? You always freak out about shit like this, and you're always telling me that you've got to know what's going on. Why can't you just write the note? It's not hard. I've been working so hard with you this semester, and we've been getting so much done. >> Liz, you have worked very hard. And I'm really proud of the work that you've done. But, you know, if I'm going to write you a note, I need to know what was going on in your life. Because you said it yourself. You've had a lot of things going on, you have had a lot of stuff. So what's been going on? >> Well, you know how I've had a -- I've been doing a lot of, like, extra shopping lately. And I've been running out of money, so I've been trying to get more work in to make that money back. And I've just been busy at work. >> Okay. So you've been doing a lot of shopping, and the shopping has interfered with your writing your paper and working on your exam, right? >> Yeah. But if I just get a note from you, if I can just give a note to my professors from you, they'll know what's been going on. You can tell them what you've got to tell them. But if I just get that note from you, this will all go away. >> Okay. I just about to clarify. You didn't have to go to the hospital, no family issues. It was just you made a choice to go shopping. We've talked about choice making in the past. How have those choices with your shopping affected your ability to study and do your work? >> And see? This is why I didn't want to tell you what was going on because I knew you'd make a big deal about it. You always make a big deal about it. And if I -- please just write me the note and this will -- please, that's all I need is just a quick fix. And then, during our regular session, we can work it out. I just need this quick fix. Because if I fail, I really am going to kill myself this time because I still have that bottle of pills sitting in my cabinet, and I will do it. And if I fail out of school, this is the end of my life. This is it. This is the end. I'm done. It's over. I can't do it anymore. No. >> All right. Liz, now, you said something that really concerns me. You said that, if you don't get the note, you're going to kill yourself. Have you thought about actually harming yourself? Because that's -- that really is going to concern me. >> I mean, I don't -- if you just give me the note, I won't do it. I promise. >> Liz. >> I promise. >> When we first started out our first session, said there's a couple things that are, you know, going to cause me to wreck confidence. One of those is if you -- you were going to harm yourself. >> You're going to tell on me because you don't give a damn about me. That's your problem. >> Now, Liz. I need to know. Are you going to harm yourself? >> Not if you give me that note. >> No. No. Liz, I'm not going to -- you know, we're not going to play this game. I need to know if you're going to harm yourself. Because if you harm -- if you -- if I feel like you're going to harm yourself, you know, I'm going to have to call somebody in right now. >> I'm not. You don't have to call anybody. >> Okay. I'm going to need you to, you know, probably write something up saying you're not going to harm yourself. >> Okay. >> Okay? >> I'll do it. >> All right. Now, Liz, I know that you can get this done. And I want you to have a little faith in yourself and know that you can get this done yourself. >> You know that I can't do this. Not both of them. I can get my paper done, and I could be working at -- how long have we been here? I could have been working on it ten minutes ago. >> And if you want to [inaudible] working on that paper, I'd suggest you get working on it and working on the final because, either way, Liz, I know you can do this. But I'm not going to give you a note for going and doing some shopping. You know I can't do that because that's only going to set you back even farther. Now, can I get a commitment from you to work real hard on these two? >> What if I fail anyway? >> Then at least you tried. >> But I'm still going to get kicked out of school, and then I'm still looking at my parents [inaudible] me as when I walk in the door. They're going to freak out. >> If you look at your parents and you say you did your best on these two papers, the paper and the exam, if you tell them that you really tried, and you still didn't make it, what do you really think they're going to say? >> They're not going to believe me. They don't ever believe me. The only person that ever understands me is you. Please, please, please, please, please, just this last time. And next semester I will work so hard. I will work so hard next semester. Please just one note just for one of them, and all night long I will work so hard. >> Liz, I understand that you're frustrated or stressed. But also, if you can do this, and all you need to do is believe in yourself and get working on the exam and get working on the paper. And you can do this. You've done it before. So I just want you to commit, you know, if you will, to going home and working on these and not worrying about anything else, just get working on it. Because you can do it. >> I just -- I can't do -- I cannot do this. Please don't make me go home. Please do this. Just write me one note, and I can do the other one. And if I don't get some sort of help, I -- I can't. I can't. I'm going to fail. I'm going to fail. I'm going to fail. >> Okay, Liz. Here's the deal. You get that paper written. You can run over to, you know, the lab, let them look at it. And you can do a couple of things. And if you start getting frustrated with the working the paper and the exam, I'll make this promise for you, okay? If you get frustrated, you can give me a shout. Give me a ring, and I'll give you about 15 minutes, okay? But we can't making this an all-night affair. Because why? >> Because I have to work on my paper. >> Okay. Because you have to work on your paper. Okay. Now, can I get a commitment from you to go and work on your paper and work on your exam as hard as you can until -- until they're due [inaudible] the term paper and do the test. And, again, if you start getting frustrated and start not being able to handle it, you can give me a call. But understand up front that's only going to be about a 10-, 15-minute conversation, okay? >> Okay. >> Okay. Can you do that? >> Yeah. >> Okay. All right. Excellent. Go home and get working on that stuff and, you know, we'll see you around, okay? >> Okay. >> All right.