Back in the late 1980s, I was diagnosed with what was known as manic depression (bipolar wasn’t a ‘thing’ yet). I had a psychiatrist who would not listen to me…
Today I want to share a heart-warming story, that just happened, (when I wrote this post for Facebook), which has many learnings inside it to help you understand the gifts…
The appropriate amount of information to share with your therapist is the amount of information you need to disclose regarding the reasons you employed the therapist to have meaningful therapy.…
This process starts before the sessions even begins if you have a way of assessing if the patient is a good fit for the work you do. I firmly believe…
In my 30 years of experience in mental health, several truths have emerged. 1) Wounded healers' Wound: A) Triggered by their patients B) Tell their patients what they are…
One needs to understand why the person is talking in circles during the session, which is the job of the therapist to help the patient to understand. When my clients…
Trauma can show itself in various ways. Here are 10 of them: 1) The person is triggered by things that others say hitting too close to what occurred or who…