Ryan Howes pens a very important post in his “Psychology Today” blog, “Shouldn’t Psychotherapy Make Me Feel Good?” Because I’ve often walked away from therapy with a horrible knot in my stomach that I didn’t have prior to sitting down on the couch. Just like the relief we sometimes feel when he catch an “aha!”…

This post doesn’t relate to me, of course. Because every time I have ended my therapy sessions, it seems like it’s time to restart. Maybe one day I will finally graduate….. God I hope so.  But I think this topic is important, because that transition is to awkward. And when do you know you’re ready…

I’ve been pursuing a better understanding mindfulness–and trying to practice it–for a good six months now. In the last few weeks, though, I think I’ve made some progress due to a CD I’ve been listening to by Dr. Elisha Goldstein called “Mindful Solutions for Stress, Anxiety, and Depression.” I have been listening to the CD…

At the end of track 3, of Elisha Goldstein’s CD, “Mindful Solutions for Stress, Anxiety, and Depression,” he recites this moving poem by Derek Walcot. Each time I hear it, I get a little closer to self-acceptance. And ironically enough, the day that I emailed Dr. Goldstein to write out the poem for me, I…

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