It all started when editor Rich Simon suggested I write an article for the Psychotherapy Networker magazine in 2009. I was “nobody” then; Rich worked we me for months, “simonizing” […]
A client of mine came up with an acronym last week that was so very helpful to her in catching the anger-shame-blame behaviors she could easily get into, about herself, […]
Betrayal – the breaking of trust – can rock our sense of who we are and our convictions of what’s true in our world more than anything else in human […]
“I’m aware of the fuckery in my family.” A client began her session with that phrase last week. I was delighted with the term. We had spent months helping her […]
I emphasize the necessity of cultivating nourishing, healthy relationships to support our resilience – a lot. [see Make Sure Good Friends Are Near] All true, very important. Sometimes, just as […]
Stephen Karpman, M.D., developed his “drama triangle” – victim, rescuer, persecutor – almost 40 years ago, and I find it’s just as relevant – and just as new to many […]