the secret therapist Flashcards
primary care physician
I’m a primary care physician, but with my young adult patients, I’m secretly a therapist, too.
1차진료의사. 동네병원
clearance [‘klɪərəns]
reassurance [ri:ə’ʃʊərəns]
strep [ˌstreptəˈkɒkəs]
[NOUN] If you get clearance to do or have something, you get official approval or permission to do or have it.
[NOUN] If someone needs reassurance, they are very worried and need someone to help them stop worrying by saying kind or helpful things.
연쇄상 구균(streptococcus)(의)
strep throat [명사] (美, 비격식) 패혈증 인두염
as I see it = as I understand 내가 보기에는
shrug off
experiment with
My job, as I see it, is not only to respond to any requests or questions, but also to ask them about the things 18- to 25-year-olds do: attend college (or consider it), search for employment, separate from (or return to live with) parents, find romantic partners, shrug off one-night stands, run out of money, feel confused or depressed or anxious, experiment with drugs and alcohol.
[VERB] to minimize the importance of; dismiss 대수롭지 않게 여기다
[VERB] If you experiment with something or experiment on it, you do a scientific test on it in order to discover what happens to it in particular conditions.
호기심에 해보다
sidetrack
The last topic is of special concern for me. I’ve seen too many people get sidetracked by drugs; I don’t want to miss any signs.
[VERB] If you are sidetracked by something, it makes you forget what you intended to do or say, and start instead doing or talking about a different thing.
God/Heaven forbid (that…)
Not that these young patients think of encounters with me as psychotherapy, God forbid; we’re just talking.
used to say that you hope that something will not happen
part company (with/from somebody/something)
They know that after half an hour we will part company, that what they’ve told me goes no further.
leave somebody; separate and go in different directions
stumble into
If I do my job well, they might just stumble into telling their story.
to become involved in something by chance
eczema [ɪg’zi:mə]
Some minutes after we’ve discussed the reason for this appointment — eczema — I say: “I’m interested in how you would compare yourself today to your 18-year-old self.
Eczema is a skin disease which makes your skin itch and become sore, rough, and broken. 습진
defuse [di:fju:z]
The question defuses the pressure of asking about private things and gets her talking.
[VERB] If you defuse a dangerous or tense situation, you calm it.
opening
wander
By bringing up “happiness,” she has given me an opening to wander into the topic of drugs.
[NOUN] An opening is a good opportunity to do something, for example to show people how good you are.
[VERB] If your mind wanders or your thoughts wander, you stop concentrating on something and start thinking about other things.
put/set somebody straight (about/on something)
put/set the record straight
Sometimes I set them straight about the norms, but with Lidia I withhold this information because I don’t want to break the flow of our conversation.
make sure that somebody is not mistaken about the real facts in a situation
잘못된 것을 고쳐주다
- put/set the record straight: give a correct version, explanation of events, facts, etc. because you think somebody has made a mistake
put somebody on the spot
Rather than ask about the specifics — the amount and her frequency of use — and put her on the spot, I ask, “It’s hard to think about the next week, but where do you think you’d like your marijuana use to be in a year?”
put somebody in a difficult position, perhaps by asking them a difficult or embarrassing question
weird out
test
“I don’t want to stop completely because it would weird out my friends. But I could if I had to, like if my job was going to test me, or if I had to save money.”
[VERB] to cause (someone) to feel afraid or uncomfortable
[VERB] If you test someone, you ask them questions or tell them to perform certain actions in order to find out how much they know about a subject or how well they are able to do something.
요구하다
-The exam tested my intelligence. 내 지능을 보이도록 요구했다.
stature [s’tætʃər]
David isn’t sure how to deal with the stress he’s under. “I want to be a man of stature, but there’s pressure on my shoulders,” he says.
[NOUN] [usu with poss, of supp N, in N] The stature of a person is the importance and reputation that they have.
red flag
But if someone is smoking daily and during daylight hours, I pay special attention, so when David tells me he smokes “either before or after noon,” a red flag goes up.
[NOUN] If you refer to something as a red flag, you mean that it acts as a danger signal.
