Healing vs fixing
“If you desire healing, let yourself fall ill, let yourself fall ill.”Rumi It’s not uncommon to hear clients use the word “fix” in session, often said with some amount of…
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February 24, 2022
“It won’t be the same”
“Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over again to annihilation, can that which is indestructible in us be found.”Pema Chodron Many people come to a therapist…
February 13, 2022
Humanistic Therapy
If all the theories I draw from were like different sections of an orchestra or band, perhaps humanistic therapy would be the percussion section - always present in the background,…
February 1, 2022
Resources for help with your romantic / intimate relationship
Introduction Difficulties in intimate love relationships are one of the most common reasons that new clients come to therapy. If not the primary reason, it's often secondary. Most problems that…
January 30, 2022
The broken toe (pre-existing wound) and the toe step (the trigger)
This is a metaphor that I sometimes share with clients. It comes up when people are trying to make decisions about whether they should move toward something or away from…
November 28, 2021
Non-resistance
"Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all."Buddah After…
September 16, 2021
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
"Our medications are anti-depressants, or anti-anxiety, as if the only sensible goal is to subtract them. Our disorders are called “mood disorders” or “thought disorders” or “anxiety disorders”—once again feeding…
August 2, 2021
Acceptance vs defeat
“All happiness comes from awareness. The more we are conscious, the deeper the joy. Acceptance of pain, non-resistance, courage and endurance - these open deep and perennial sources of real…
July 31, 2021
Are we “doing” anything while meditating?
I have been paying attention to what makes a meditation feel successful. A few metaphors have come up for me when I think about what this feels like. Exercise I…
July 28, 2021
What function does the addiction serve? An exercise
We all have addictions. One way I sometimes look at life is a process of eliminating addictions so that we can be at peace. If we were all 100% addiction…
July 27, 2021
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