Tag: psychotherapy
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There are none
What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain. As a psychologist there are questions I will not answer, usually of a personal nature, while in session, but I do not dislike the question being asked. It is human nature to avoid discomfort and being in a psychotherapy session, especially in the first few…
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Back at the office: the gap of disbelief
“But I do all those things and nothing works. I don’t think anything will ever work.” As the words left her lips she began to cry, but only with her eyes. The tears ran but the rest of her appeared resolute. She was desperate and defeated at the same time. I have been working with this patient for…
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Childhood Development pt 1: Where did this attitude come from?
While I do work with some teenage people from time-to-time I don’t work with young children much, for a lot of reasons such as it really irks me when someone brings in their child and essentially tells me, “I don’t like the way this little person is acting and I want you to fix it.” …
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meanwhile, back at the office
a question of perspective… “I don’t know why you keep saying that, I know there’s something wrong with me. there has to be.” I’ve heard her say this before and she isn’t the only one. Many patients have tried to make the same argument with me in the past. though the path changes along the way, the destination is pretty much the same. Trying to sound reassuring I said, “I know you want to believe that but that doesn’t…
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the problem with psychedelic psychotherapy, part i
so I went to a conference, in the mountains, with an amazingly diverse group of people. the point of attending this conference was, I’m sure, as diverse and varied as the attendees, but for me it was essentially two-fold, maybe three-fold. first of all, I have heard a lot over the past few years that…