In this time of the year where we spend more time in the dark and have less connection with the light, we have an opportunity to wonder about the meaning of this phase. Both of the year and also the …
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Body-Mind Archetypal Approach
“The mind is an epiphenomenon of the body, and the body is an epiphenomenon of the mind. We operate as body-minds. The body is the visibility of the soul, and the soul is the life of the body. You cannot …
Read MoreJung on the Shadow
Jung wrote in The Problems of Modern Psychotherapy: “How can I be substantial without casting a shadow? I must have a dark side too if I am to be whole; and by becoming conscious of my shadow I remember once …
Read MoreTo give or not to give advice in group
Time and time again I have seen that there is a wide range of interpersonal behaviors that push the other person to react unfavorably to us when our intent is connection and closeness. In a process group we draw attention to the …
Read MoreBrene Brown
I am receiving Brené Brown’s “weekly dose of daring” emails. One of the recent ones had this inspirational quote: “When we value being cool and in control over granting ourselves the freedom to unleash the passionate, goofy, heartfelt, and soulful expressions …
Read MoreNew York Times Article
Here is the link to this convincing personal account of a successful group therapy treatment. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/why-group-therapy-worked/?_r=0 “… I’d started to focus less on my wife’s sins and errors and to take a harder look at my own. The person I …
Read MoreHow my clients see me
Sometimes clients ask me questions directly addressing me, some personal questions. It can be either about my thoughts, feelings or facts about me. There are many ways a therapist can respond to that. I always want to hold my clients’ needs …
Read MoreAnxiety and excitement
Fritz Perls, the co-founder of gestalt therapy is known to have said that anxiety is excitement without support. I find this statement a very grounding idea for what we can do in therapy. As a therapist, I feel honored to be …
Read MoreFerenczi and group therapy
Scott Rutan, PhD, inspiring group therapist has written an article about Ferenczi (Freud’s contemporary Hungarian psychoanalyst), highlighting his contributions to the groundwork of group therapy. “Ferenczi focused on many aspects of the therapeutic encounter that are highlighted in the practice …
Read MoreNo way to explain the experience
It is maintained by many advocates of experiential orientations in psychotherapy that you will not have lasting shifts in your perception of yourself and of the world with mere cognitive understanding of the problem or even of the solution. You need to …
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