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her. I can't do it without the mother. I have to work with her. Since
the system doesn't allow it, I must give empowerment to the mother.
Maybe it could be interesting to work on what my mother went
through and what I'm going through in this family, and also the
importance I place on my work. My work is very difficult. It's difficult,
full of suffering. I want to work with the mothers who are there,
since the system isn't going to help them regain power over their
lives. I want to try to help them with their children, since anyway &
Yeah, that's an idea we could explore &
Catherine: What comes to my mind, Sandrine, is how much we depend on
ourselves as women, how much we need to be strong, and we could
talk about that. It would do me good, even me, to talk about that.
We9re coming to the end of this conversation, Sandrine, and I just
want to say that it seems important to me, based on the thoughts
we've shared in this little conversation, to help other women discuss
these ideas of strength and the way we count on them, taking away
their ability to complain. You could say that being a strong woman is
great, yes, but the mothers you talk about, who are sometimes
present and sometimes not, have the right to be mothers, even if
they are less 8strong9. That's where I am in my thinking. Sandrine,
would it be OK for us to stop there, or would you like to respond to
what I said before we go?
Sophie9s Sandrine: It's fine with me to stop there. I'm really OK with stopping
there. Thank you very much.
I can understand why Sandrine thought it was better to stop! My last comment
was a bit rambling & but I never knew how to conclude &
Catherine: Sophie & if you'd like to come back &
I Could See Myself in Her … Practising Insider Witnessing in Supervision
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