Psychotherapy Posts:
This poem is adapted from Rumi’s poem “The Guest House.” The lines in italics come directly from Rumi. Can you meet them at the doorway of human curiosity and the present moment? This being human is a guest house.Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness,some momentary awareness comesas an unexpected visitor…. read post
Where Does Poetry Come From? Does it come from a series of events that have left physical and mental scars on us? Is it the emotions of everyday life escaping from our souls and into words for us to try and make sense of it all? Are they just pretty rhymes and ideas sparking the fires… read post
The concepts and principles described in this series of blog articles about survival strategies come from training I’ve received in an approach called NARM which stands for Neuro-Affective Relational Model. For more information about this model, please refer to the book, Healing Developmental Trauma, by Laurence Heller, Ph.D., and Aline LaPierre, Psy.D. Someone calls me… read post
In my last post, Men Who Want to Connect: The Challenges and the Opportunities, I wrote about the challenges men face when going more deeply into relationships. In short, men face many injunctions against intimacy both from the culture at large and from their families of origin. From both of these sources, vulnerability can be… read post
To start this two part series about connection, I’m going to share a story which is actually a composite version of many stories I have heard as a therapist. The themes of desiring connection and at the same time shying away from connecting are things I hear from a variety of men, no matter what… read post
In Save Time and Money in Psychotherapy: A Four Part Series, I discuss important ways you can save time and money in psychotherapy. Resourcing a Client to Save Time and Money Another way to save time and money in psychotherapy is to focus on what is resourcing to a client. Resources are what support… read post
In Save Time and Money in Psychotherapy: A Four Part Series, I discuss important ways you can save time and money in psychotherapy. Your Ability to Stay with Mindfulness People come into therapy with different expectations. Someone may tell their therapist about 15 different things that bother them in the session with the hope that… read post