Martin_Heigan / Foter / CC BY-NC-ND Social scientists, after decades (centuries really) of studying what causes individuals and communities to get into trouble have begun to take an interest in individuals who, even when surrounded by dire circumstances (take your pick: poverty, abuse, trauma) manage to make it out OK. In other words, some ofRead more
Curiouser and curiouser
How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! -Alice, Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland It’s surely of little surprise that I place such tremendous value on curiosity. It’s what good therapists do: They get curious about their client’s lives. I also think it’sRead more
Group Therapy: Give up your expertise on you
Tambako the Jaguar / Foter / CC BY-ND It’s one of those beliefs so widely agreed on as to be beyond question: You are the exclusive expert on you. Being an expert tends to go along with not being so open to what other people have to say. And when it comes to ourselves, beingRead more
Compassion is not running the other way
People ask me sometimes, What do you say when..? and lay out a really horrific situation. What do you say when a friend’s mom just died? What do you say when someone’s really miserable and stuck and there doesn’t seem to be anything to do to help? What’s the compassionate thing to say? You don’tRead more
American Psychiatric Association Posts Draft Revisions to DSM Online (And why you should care)
CCAC North Library / Foter / CC BY-NC The American Psychiatric Association is a membership organization of psychiatrists and is responsible for publishing the hefty Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders . It’s the go-to book for psychotherapist, psychologists, psychiatrists, etc. relative to diagnosing mental distress. The current version, the DSM-IV, was published inRead more
Getting the Most out of Your Therapy
Therapy isn’t magic, and it’s not liable to work if you don’t make it work. Here’s some thoughts on how to get the most bang for your therapy buck: 1. Thinking it’s only the therapist who’s responsible for making it work. Getting help in therapy just isn’t comparable to getting a good car wash; youRead more
Steal this blog
Or, Sometimes I Don’t Share Things Because I’m Afraid I Stole Them Does that happen to you? Books, radio programs, movies, friends, colleagues: I get stuff (helpful, growthful, stuff) from anywhere I can. And sometimes I think everything should be footnoted to give credit to all my sources. But that’s impossible, of course. My groupRead more
Doing the Unstuck
Stuck? Do the Unstuck. Here’s how: 1) Do something embarrassing. (Yes, on purpose!) Let’s face it: often we’re stuck because we don’t want to look bad. Doing something embarrassing on purpose makes that pretty irrelevant, doesn’t it? 2) Tell people you’re stuck. (If you find that embarrassing, see #1) Why not a Facebook post: “SoRead more
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