This is the second part in my series “Therapy: Pain-Killer or Path to Myself?” PART ONE appeared last week. In this second part, I discuss some things from my own experience of therapy throughout the years, and in particular, 5 THINGS THAT SUSTAIN ME ON THE…
People are most commonly motivated to come into therapy or counseling because they are in serious distress or pain. I know that’s what motivated me to start on my own therapeutic journey many years ago. Often, it’s only intolerable pain that can bring someone to the point…
It can be a very difficult thing to come to terms with being “ordinary”. Often, we even have very well-developed defenses that keep us from avoiding this realization. In fact, the denial of our own ordinary being can be one of the things that propels…
Maybe you know this person, or maybe it’s you. When it comes right down to it … who DIDN’t lose a lot of money in the Fall of 2008? However, the person we’re describing thought that everything was going great financially, and that they were in investments that were…
Those of us of a certain age will remember The Logical Song by Supertramp with its striking lyrics: When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful, A miracle, oh, it was beautiful, magical. And all the birds in the trees, well…
Divine child is that which appears in our awareness when we least expect it, as the new possibility or potentiality that appears so weak, so powerless that it seems that there can be no possible way for it to survive against the overwhelming odds arrayed…
Almost all therapists experience it: the phone gets more and more hyperactive the closer the calendar gets to December 25. As the holidays get nearer, more and more people call. While for many people, the holidays may bring great joy, for many others, they…
There is no easy way with anger. It can be one of the most powerful psychological forces that we experience. As an old song once said, “anger is an energy” — and it can be a force for growth in a person’s life, or a…
The present economic conditions are deeply challenging to the ways that we all think about ourselves and our lives. It takes a toll on all of us to be constantly bombarded with negative economic news that often seems only to get worse with each passing day.…
…because it’s been an extremely busy time for me, professionally and personally! I haven’t given up on this blog, though. I’m still enjoying it and I still want to keep sending out thoughts and reflections, and welcoming dialogue with all of you. If I can…