Being Moved

Cognition is a frail craft floating on a sea of emotion — Donald Nathanson   Clients often ask me why feelings matter so much. Often this question doesn’t come as

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The Best of Therapy

We are affected by life. Currents of feeling move within us all the time, much the way tides and currents ceaselessly move in the ocean. If we are awake to

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Awakening Psychotherapy

Awakening psychotherapy is a joining of what traditionally has been two realms, the domains of of awakening and psychotherapy. “Awakening psychotherapy” is a play on words. This article is in

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Trusting Yourself

When I say to clients “Trust yourself,” clients often ask me, “What do you mean by that?” and I do my best to sincerely respond. Let’s look at the very

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Healing Shame

I’ve worked with shame all my life – which means, I have studied it deeply within myself, and have extensive training in working with shame with my clients. I am

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Bound By Shame

Brody is my psychotherapy client – and a psychotherapist himself. In one particular session, he shares with me what happens when he goes into a room full of people; the

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Wrongness

Beginning Let’s start: you’re a newborn infant, and your mom’s whole face – her whole body, her touch, her hands, and her heart go all soft and marveling the moment

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