-: It is a integral part of what I do.
Even in my past when I was doing therapy full time,
I would be able to help the individuals
that I was working with,
with processing whatever that was going on in the moment
or things that came up from their past.
But then there might be paperwork that they perceive
that is causing them to be stressed out,
whether it's like,
"Larry, I might be kicked out of my home,"
or, "I have no food," all sorts of different things.
And yes, I could still support them.
But if that was something that we were focusing
on all the time, we would never have the time
to be able to go back and deal or work on the core things
that they were having issues with.
And that's where services like case management was important
because they were able to help individuals read paperwork
that they received that they didn't understand.
They were able to connect them with the resources.
And since they had the ability
to support the individuals on that,
then that allowed me my time
to be able to do therapy with them.
And that added another person
that they could have in their support system.
So that's important.