{"id":3706,"date":"2020-03-04T20:35:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T20:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/?p=3706"},"modified":"2020-03-04T20:35:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T20:35:44","slug":"the-replanted-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/04\/3706\/","title":{"rendered":"The Replanted Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The story \u201cThe Replanted Tree\u201d is designed in particular for children finding
it hard to come to terms with a new living situation after a house move
or adoption, or after their parents have divorced and the family has been
restructured. Once again, it is a good idea to refer to a minor injury in the
story in order to incorporate the problem which the listener is facing and its
predicted improvement without lending too much gravity to the story (and by
analogy to the way in which the patient handles the associated situation in his
or her life). The story can also be used for patients who are forced \u2013 for agerelated
or health- related reasons \u2013 to move out of their own house in order to
go and live with family or in a home, or adults with disabilities who are forced
to move away from their families and into sheltered accommodation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day a gardener was working in his garden when he found a small tree
\nright in the middle of some shady undergrowth. \u201cA shadbush!\u201d he cried.
\n\u201cHow on earth did that get here?\u201d He would never have suspected that
\nsuch a beautiful and valuable tree could be found in such a dark location.
\nPerhaps the wind or a bird had carried its seeds there?
\nThe gardener thought carefully about what he should do next. He
\nknew that it is sometimes diffi cult to move a plant to a different location,
\nbut he also knew that his shadbush would never grow into a large, strong
\nand beautiful tree if it stayed here in the shade. So he decided to replant it
\nin a different location, where it would get enough sun and wind to thrive
\nand fl ourish. He took his spade and dug out a broad ring of soil around
\nthe trunk of the tree before digging a hole in the ground where he wanted
\nthe tree to grow and placing the shadbush there, root ball and all. He then
\nfi lled the hole back up with soil, added exactly the right amount of fertiliser,
\nand gave the plant a good watering.
\nWhen he looked at his tree the next day, he was dismayed to see that all
\nthe leaves on it were drooping. He thought to himself that the tree\u2019s roots
\nhad probably extended a long way under the ground before it had been
\ndug up, and that it must have lost some of its tiniest hair- like roots. The
\ntree would need to conserve its energy to heal these injuries, but it should
\nbe able to regrow its roots, and so the gardener decided to give his tree the
\nbest possible care and simply be patient. He waited and gave the tree all
\nthe time it needed, and soon the leaves had indeed regained their former
\nstrength. After a few months the tree was a fi ne specimen, and after a few
\nyears it had grown into a large and strong tree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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