“Give me a child until he is seven and I will show you the man.” Aristotle Psychodynamic therapy and psychoanalytic therapy are sometimes used interchangeably, as there is more overlap than difference between them. One…
Therapist's log Twelve years ago, I found myself starting to journal seriously for the first time. I'd started journaling a few times before but it didn't stick for long. Perhaps…
“The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.”Rainer Maria Rilke For just about all of us, every day brings some disappointment, even if small, if…
“We are kept from our goal not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal.” Robert Brault We see the advice everywhere. Health maintenance organization brochures feature…
“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”Abraham Maslow Rumination, the way…
Narrative Therapy is a type of psychotherapy that was originally coined and created by Michael White and David Epstein from Australia and New Zealand respectively, and has been developed and…
“If you die once every day, then you’ll know what life is about.”Wim Hof Preface The fear I faced in this story involves spending time in very cold water. Not…
As a metaphor for emotional regulation, I’ve been thinking about the simple image of balancing on top of a ball lately. The one in my imagination looks like one of…
“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…
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,…