Over the years, I’ve noticed an interesting pattern with the couples I see. So often, some of the character traits that initially drew two people together have become the same traits that bother them so much…
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Have you ever heard a therapist talk about “attuning?” Sounds like another one of those fancy words that only therapists use. What does it mean to attune to someone? And why do we talk about it and care about it so much?…
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Some of the work of therapy is trying to answer the big question “why.” Why do I have such a strong response when someone gets mad at me? Why is it hard for me to commit to a relationship? Why do I care so much about what others think of me?
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I often hear others in the motorcycle world make some form of the statement that motorcycling is their therapy. And I get what they’re saying! There’s something quite therapeutic about being on 2 wheels on a twisty mountain road feeling the wind in your face and the rumble of the motorcycle’s engine. It is therapeutic!
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When I was a kid, I had an old snowmobile - a 1971 Ski-Doo, to be exact. It was a lovely and fickle machine. It seemed to take great joy in breaking down as soon as I got as far away from home as I wanted to go…
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In a perfect world, parents act as mirrors for their children. It’s an important part of self development! When a parent mirrors a child, the child sees herself reflected in the parent and begins to better understand who she is in the world…
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It’s a common sentiment for a lot of people when they consider psychotherapy - the sentiment that you go to therapy because you “need” therapy…
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“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” - Carl Jung, Psychology and Alchemy, Page 99.
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