My dear brother Jim married Karen in June of 2005 in Denver, Colorado. In the months leading up to the wedding I was living in my own private hell. Few knew how much I suffered. From nowhere it seemed, as… Continue Reading
To be alive in the world is to possess a priceless gift of self-awareness. Usually we take this for granted. We are not normally in awe of the fact. It is easy to yawn and shrug at the incredible and stunning truth that we are alive on a round rock that is rotating at a 1000 miles an hour at the equator. Continue Reading
To be alive in the world is to possess a priceless gift of self-awareness. Usually we take this for granted. We are not normally in awe of the fact. It is easy to yawn and shrug at the incredible and stunning truth that we are alive on a round rock that is rotating at a 1000 miles an hour at the equator. Continue Reading
My narcissism showed up early, like many of us, I suppose. I remember telling my mother when I was in kindergarten to save all my papers because someday I will be “great” and those papers will be important. We lived… Continue Reading
Like most humans, I am full of contradictions. Something in us insists it shouldn’t be, but there it is. I spend 10 hours a day five days a week applying my 35-years’ worth of experience and knowledge about the human brain… Continue Reading
Looking back now, I would say I was a worried child, tending to be more shy, sensitive and insecure than most. Some kids are like emotional sponges. They feel everything around them and until they figure out how to regulate… Continue Reading
In my work with my clients I constantly use metaphors. I do this on purpose. It is deliberative because it is effective. It is an essential part of the therapeutic process. It is about changing brains. When our brains change,… Continue Reading
It isn’t easy being a human being, although I don’t recall my parents ever clueing me into this fact when I was a kid. I guess it is one of those things you just figure out as you grow up. When… Continue Reading
We dance round in a ring and suppose, But the Secret sits in the middle and knows. -Robert Frost We all have our lives until we don’t. And while we have our lives we suffer. Some a little. Some a… Continue Reading
Long ago I figured out there were two kinds of clients. One type needs to vent. They have been through a lot and see therapy as a means to dump their angst and anguish. They talk a great deal and… Continue Reading
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