Finding a good enough home inside the rootlessness of an ever evolving being.
Lately I have become aware of a theme among people who share their innermost experiences with me. Sensitive people who sometimes struggle with feeling disconnected from their homes. Either through becoming uprooted by circumstance or feeling disconnected due to...
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Working with the gifts and challenges of “highly sensitive” people in therapy.
A lot of people who gravitate towards doing “deep” analytic work in psychotherapy, vs. strictly symptom management or reduction, are highly sensitive people. Why is that? Maybe they have a need to go deeper emotionally because they see and...
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Two Things Therapy People Like. (Fall 2021 Edition)
Ok, well, two things I like, at the very least. Keeping in mind that the first item was recommended to me by *several* people who know me *very* well and for a long time, each one being very much...
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Reflections on a supportive message from a dad to a kid.
My old friend from high school posted a photo of his son on his son’s first day of high school, wishing him well and advising him to stay within himself and enjoy the experience. That wording touched me, knowing...
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