Seja Rachael MA,LPC-S a psychotherapist for three decades, provides insights formed through her experiences with patients.
When two people come in to ask for help in their relationship, it is rare that they are not frightened. Needing help for oneself in the privacy of a small room with a psychotherapist is already a complex task . Looking for help within the shared realm of mutuality between two people is a unique
How do we hear each other when we are frightened of each other? Two people; adults who have chosen each other, have reached towards each other with delight, with audacity with humor with curiosity with desire with need Now feel threatened.
Two people come together with a desire to create a place to reside which is both safe and compelling. What happens when this longing begins to feel threatening to their innate sense of survival?
The difference between imagery and hallucinations has to do with intentional awareness. (Creativity and The Brain, Heilman 2005)
