Seja Rachael MA,LPC-S a psychotherapist for three decades, provides insights formed through her experiences with patients.
This photograph I created for my last post, Little Worlds, about the uniquely personal society generated through an ongoing group therapy experience. The image stayed with me, caught me unaware. The photo both playful and shadowy invited a tale. I will begin this story here as a way to illustrate how the creative process can
I write this post just before my new group begins . We have met only a short while but already it has impacted me. Initially I am the catalyst. I gather the people. I meet with them and take the time needed to to prepare them for the deeply evocative nature of creating group intimacy.
It was originally a simple quest. I was initiating a new group process and in my narrative, inviting those interested in group therapy to consider my new group, as well as providing a context for colleagues to offer appropriate referrals. Not untypical of me, this led me to a much more intricate experience which I
In this post I continue to search for the roots of my current expression as a group psychotherapist. Although my work has been informed by contemporary psychoanalytic theory and Jungian psychology and reinforced with attachment theory and inter- relational dynamics, this eclectic mix was influenced by my training an experience in expressive creativity as
In my last post, Organizing The In-effable, I found that my attempt to simply describe my approach to Group Process had led me backwards to search for the roots of my work. This post continues the search. What were these inquiries ? What was the elemental field that I was trying