In December, the kids and I were visiting my parents in South Carolina. My sister and her kids were there as well. One day, we decided to take the kids on a walk to the "far park" for a change of scenery.
The last time we'd gone to the "far park" was several years back. I remembered that the walk to this park felt like it took forever, maybe 45 minutes or even an hour. It was an ordeal. Kids were complaining the whole way, I wished we had brought water, there were places without sidewalks where I felt stressed about cars, and I wasn't super eager to do it again.
This year, the walk took 15, maaaaybe 20, minutes. It was pleasant and easy. It truly isn't far at all. It felt far and took longer before because the kids were younger, their legs were shorter, and it was harder to go anywhere.
Things changed, and I hadn't realized just how much until we did the walk again under the new circumstances.
I find that clinical work is like this as well. Change creeps up on clients, sometimes to the point where they don't realize how far they've come. One thing we can do as practitioners is serve as observers of progress, making a concerted effort to look for change over time and reflecting back to clients what we're seeing.
If you have a client who's been with you for a while, consider taking a look at their initial visit notes before their next visit so you can do a "then and now" comparison 
Take care,
Camille
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