I stopped writing posts after Trump was elected and the subsequent chaos and ugliness that followed. I was determined to contribute what ever I had to add to the conversation about being human. It did not format into blogposts. I felt too confused by the immensity of strife and loss. I went local, found ways
Group Therapy & Supervision
Raging Against Our Neediness
When dependency needs in childhood are denied, the child is made ashamed of his/her own needs repeatedly… The rage he/she feels towards the neglectful parents is used to repress the neediness about which now even he/she has grown intolerant. So the aggressive energies of the psyche are turned back upon the dependent aspects
Not Offering Consolation….
I am not sure what has instigated this current need of mine to scrutinize, when and why, I offer consolation. Possibly the stage of life I have entered. Certainly there are many situations in which I am grateful that I have the resource, impulse, desire to soothe, to comfort, to empathize. But there are tragedies
Becoming Resilient Enough To Be Vulnerable
This photo is from my illustration from the book I am writing about the mutually derived experiences formed as patients have permitted me to come close to the concealed portions of their unearthed self. Now with almost 3 decades behind me and still with me, I am attempting to delineate the particular components that would
Nourishing Goodbyes: Group Sandplay
Group Sandplay Process: Saying goodbye is never easy, if it is a real goodbye. Every goodbye echoes former losses. A cherished member of the ongoing adult psychotherapy group was leaving. I cannot share the actual event but I did want to describe the experiential that I created in my attempt to fortify the connections between