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My Core of Shame
Greetings gentle readers, I have been doing very intense work lately in therapy, mainly centered around shame. A deep, excoriating shame provoked when I go anywhere near talking about my body or my...
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Deprivation in Therapy
Dr. Jeffrey Smith has hit another one out of the park on his blog Moments of Change. He recently put up an excellent post that discusses what a therapist does and does not provide for a client in...
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The Timelessness of Attachment
My husband and I went on a trip to Colonial Williamsburg last Fall. For those of you who have never heard of it, Colonial Williamsburg is a living history center. Williamsburg was the first capital of...
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Therapy isn’t enough Redux
Greetings dear readers, I am in the midst of a disruption, probably unknown to BN, of my own making and struggling with what to do. It is forcing me to re-examine my role in therapy and what I am...
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Wanted, not needed, to go
Greetings dear readers, First I want to say thank you to all of you who commented and read my last post (Therapy isn’t enough Redux) and all the support you offered. There was a lot of very wise...
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Ambivalence, thy name is mother
I am feeling… ambivalent. It is my mom’s birthday tomorrow, her 78th. We have been estranged for over a year since my birthday last March. Long story, which I have told elsewhere, but she was given...
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Nothing wrong all along
Ann left a comment on my last post: AG, if you don’t mind sharing, what exactly helped you recognize that BN was totally comfortable with your relationship with him? Instead of answering in the...
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One Among Many
Veryhopeful posted a question on the Psych Cafe forums and the more I thought about answering her, the more I realized it was an excellent topic for a post. So with her kind permission, I am repeating...
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Happy Mother’s Day
For those of my reader’s who are moms, I want to wish you a Happy Mother’s Day. Your commitment to healing and working through your issues are such a loving gift for your children. For those of you who...
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Away for a bit
Just wanted to let everyone know that another situation has arisen that will prevent me from being on the blog, or answering correspondence or comments. My apologies to everyone who has commented...
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‘Tis the Season: Strategies for coping with a therapist’s absence – Part I
This is the first part of a two part series. (It got a little long! :) ) Life has settled down considerably but- of course- I am now working six day weeks because of a very demanding release going out...
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‘Tis the Season: Strategies for coping with a therapist’s absence – Part II
This is the second part of a two part series; the first part is ‘Tis the Season – Part I. We’re discussing strategies for helping us to get through our breaks in therapy (of any length!). We left off...
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You can come back now
OK, I’ve officially had enough of BN being gone. I’ve got 10 days left to go (so 25 down, you would think that, at least, would feel like an accomplishment) and it stretches before me as an impassable...
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Friendships with Ex-patients: Why I Say “No”
Attachment Girl:I thought this was an excellent, compassionate explanation of why a therapist might choose to not have a personal relationship with you. I very much respected his stance of continuing...
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Yet another hiatus
Greetings Gentle Readers, Sorry to disappear again; just popped in to make it official! :) I am working very long days and at this point will probably not have another day off until Labor Day. We have...
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Anxiety Attack
This is going to be a difficult post to publish and I apologize in advance that I don’t know if I’ll be able to respond to comments. I had what I think was my first anxiety attack last night. First, I...
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Where Oh Where Can AG Be?
Greetings Gentle Readers, Sorry for the prolonged absence, but the release (which actually still hasn’t gone out yet!!! AUGH!!) went down to the wire. I did my final turnover at 5:00 on Wednesday the...
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Book Review: How We Heal and Grow
I have been following Dr. Jeffery Smith’s blog, Moments of Change for some time now and was very honored when he asked to send me a pre-publication copy of his new book, How We Heal and Grow: The Power...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to all of my readers in the US! I am thankful for all of you (the world over, not just the people celebrating Thanksgiving today!), for being willing to spend time reading what I...
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The Ache of Longing and Loss
Greetings gentle readers, I know my posting has been rather scant lately. I have been doing some really intense work in therapy and sometimes when I am in the midst of deep work, it can be hard to...
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