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Levy Family: Episode 2 Levy Family: Episode 2 Program Transcript FEMALE SPEAKER: I want to thank you for getting me this Levy case. I thi\ nk it's so interesting. Just can't wait to meet with the client.

MALE SPEAKER: What do you find interesting about it?

FEMALE SPEAKER: Well, he's just 31. Usually the vets I work with are old\ er. If they have PTSD, it's from traumas a long time ago. But Jake, this is all\ pretty new to him. He just left Iraq a year ago.

You know, I was thinking he'd be perfect for one of those newer treatmen\ t options, art therapy, meditation, yoga, something like that.

MALE SPEAKER: Why?

FEMALE SPEAKER: Well, I've been dying to try one of them. I've read a lo\ t of good things. Why? What are you thinking?

MALE SPEAKER: I'm thinking you should really think about it some more. T\ hink about your priorities. It's a good idea to be open-minded about treatment options, but the needs of the client have to come first, not just some treatment \ that you or I might be interested in.

FEMALE SPEAKER: I mean, I wasn't saying it like that. I always think of \ my clients first.

MALE SPEAKER: OK. But you mentioned meditation, yoga, art therapy. Have \ you seen any research or data that measures how effective they are in treatment?

FEMALE SPEAKER: No.

MALE SPEAKER: Neither have I. There may be good research out there, and \ maybe one or two of the treatments that you mentioned might be really go\ od ideas. I just want to point out that you should meet your client first, \ meet Jake before you make any decisions about how to address his issues. Make sense?

FEMALE SPEAKER: Yeah.

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