ABSTRACT
Like many other fifteen-year-old boys I have known, Jason was not skilled in the art of problem-solving through words. He had run away from home more than once, and had also run away from the family-group home where he was now living with Joe and Rhonda as his principal care-givers. For some months, I had worked with him, building up his self-esteem and helping him to recognize his strengths as well as some of the mannerisms that were blocking his ability to make friends. He had visibly expanded within himself, and life opportunities were expanding for him too. It was very surprising to find his old running-away pattern re-emerging.
