Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?! Chapter 769: 656: Li Lingling's Psychological Intervention

Capítulo 769: Chapter 656: Li Lingling’s Psychological Intervention

The camp was originally built on a school. Although it was a relatively large middle school, it still had plenty of children’s books and so stationery and toys available for the kids.

Inside the children’s activity room, colorful mats covered most of the floor, a crooked little castle made of building blocks leaned against the corner, picture books were scattered on the low table, and the windows were adorned with children’s doodles.

This place certainly couldn’t compare to a proper children’s entertainnt area in a regular town, but it was the most exquisite and warm place in the entire camp now.

This was thanks to the dedicated efforts of the person in charge.

Li Lingling had just stepped inside, and her tense nerves, strained for several days, relaxed abruptly, her breathing slowed montarily.

Her gaze imdiately fell on the small chair by the window — a girl nad Niannian was leaning there, her little hand constantly scratching her arm.

Li Lingling had only learned the little girl’s na two days ago. The first ti she saw the little girl at the nightti shelter, she was asleep, and Li Lingling only communicated with the child’s mother; afterward, during the acute outbreak of the camp’s [Group Hysteria] while protecting the little girl, there was even less opportunity for idle chat.

It was only two days ago when the girl appeared in this children’s area that Li Lingling had the chance to get to know her better, and learned her na.

However, perhaps this wasn’t necessarily a good thing —

“Sister Lingling…” When she saw Li Lingling, the girl, who had been like a helpless little animal, imdiately jumped off the chair, ran to Li Lingling’s side, and naturally held onto the hem of her clothing.

“Has Niannian been good today?” Li Lingling crouched down, her gaze level with the little girl, and gently held her small hand.

Li Lingling’s other hand lightly brushed over the red rash on Niannian’s arm: “Is your arm still itchy today? Did you apply the ointnt I gave you on ti?”

Niannian shook her head: “Not itchy anymore…”

She paused, furrowed her brows slightly, then quickly smoothed them out and looked up, asking, “Sister, will you still teach to fold paper boats today? I placed the one you made last ti beside my pillow; I touch it every night before going to sleep…”

“If Niannian wants to learn, I’ll teach you,” Li Lingling smiled.

Her heart felt as if sothing warm and soft had fiercely collided with it, making her nose slightly tingle, not from sadness, but from a rare sense of fullness.

She fished out a sheet of specially saved colored paper from her pocket — it was a gentle sky-blue, like the sky in the disaster area when it rarely cleared up.

With nimble fingers, the boat’s body and sail slowly took shape, Li Lingling even specially folded a tiny heart on the sail, softly pressing it flat: “This ti I’ll fold one with a sail for you, when the wind blows, the sail can carry the boat away. You and your mom can be on the boat…”

“Folding paper boats” is a ga to entertain children, but in the current context, it also represents the technique of [symbolic calming] from “Child Psychology.”

Li Lingling wasn’t simply “taking care of children,” but was simultaneously practicing her psychological intervention skills.

For this, Nan Zhubin had particularly taught her.

[Calming isn’t a complex theory; it’s about letting the other person feel “your wish is seen by .”]

Initially, Li Lingling found the technique of folding paper boats, which seed too simple to entertain children, almost unworthy of attention. But soon, during her attempts to accompany the children in paper folding, she unexpectedly found herself feeling calm.

This was very novel for Li Lingling.

In the past, when caring for patients, she always carried a sense of “must achieve perfection,” as if only by trying her hardest could she offset the anxiety of “not being good enough”; but now, the simple, repetitive act of folding paper gave her a sense of pure, pressure-free satisfaction.

So she began to actively learn a more diverse array of paper folding techniques, allowing her to craft different paper boats for every child in the room.

At this mont, Niannian held the paper boat in her hands, cautiously touching the heart on its sail.

Li Lingling watched as Niannian pulled out a piece of fruit candy wrapped in pink paper from her pocket — the wrapper was slightly crumpled, evidently carried for a long ti.

“Sister, have so, it’s really sweet…”

“Thank you, Niannian.” Li Lingling accepted the candy.

Li Lingling suddenly felt like she had finally settled to the ground after drifting for a long ti.

Seeing the little girl’s bright eyes at that mont, she was already considering whether to apply for a transfer to the pediatrics departnt when she returned to the hospital.

Just then, the door to the children’s activity room was suddenly knocked on.

Knock, knock, knock—

“Lingling?” A nurse colleague poked her head in.

“What’s up?”

The nurse gestured for Li Lingling to co over, then lowered her voice: “So parents have been discharged and want to take their children back.”

“Okay.” Li Lingling nodded.

So of the children here had no choice but to stay because of terrible accidents.

Others were comparatively lucky, only being taken care of here temporarily — like when parents were receiving treatnt at the dical point, temporarily losing the ability to supervise their children.

Now with the parents recovered, naturally, they wanted to bring their children ho.

Li Lingling asked her colleague for the list, quietly, as unobtrusively as possible, to identify the children on the list.

But even with the deliberate concealnt, these children still let out little cheers outside the activity room.

Their voices carried into the activity room.

This should have been a heartwarming, ticklish sound. Li Lingling indeed began to smile at the sound.

But soon, Li Lingling’s heart trembled again, and she hurriedly turned around.

Niannian, behind her, had eyes that had shone brightly because of the paper boat, which now suddenly dimd, like stars quickly eclipsed by clouds.