Two years ago, I was attending a workshop for play therapy when a profound statement reached my ears: “What you give as a therapist is what you always needed.” It struck me on different levels and in all of my different roles- therapist, sibling, daughter, friend, and human. I thought about my “style” or “theory” of therapy. Nearing the end Read more…
Put aside the ranger. Become who you were born to be.–Elrond We live in a society that has a tendency to define people by their faults. I think one reason for this is what social psychologists call the fundamental attribution error. This error gives us a bias where we tend to focus on external contexts when examining our own behavior, Read more…
I stumbled across a research article worth sharing with all of you. This article discusses the importance of feeling awkward. Yes, you read that right. The importance! To sum it up…the responses that awkward situations often provoke (anxiety, hesitation, disjointedness, avoidance), are known to encourage people to focus on social relationships in order to reestablish a sense of social harmony. Read more…
Previously I wrote about my belief of seeing life as a series of perfect moments. The way to see life this way is to focus on the present. This is something that has been very challenging for me lately. I’m constantly feeling like I am running out of time as I watch the weeks slip by. As a result, I Read more…
