The Problem of Suffering
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not […]
The Struggle Switch
There are some psychological patterns that come up in nearly every therapy session, with every client, because we ALL experience them. One that tops this list is our tendency to want to push away difficult thoughts and feelings. We don’t want to feel what we feel and often engage in a struggle against our thoughts […]
What’s Working?
When trying to approach an issue in life, especially when the issue is anxiety or depression, it’s often useful to ask ourselves, “What have I tried in the past to solve this issue, for how long, and has it worked?” Often, the answer will be that we’ve tried the same approach for longer than we […]
COVID-19 and Anxiety
These are anxious times. We are feeling a new kind of collective anxiety and within that resides all our individual anxieties. It has often been said that the root of anxiety is fear and that’s easy to see right now. The sense of danger feels existential, cutting right to the heart of life itself. I […]