The Remaking of a Therapist
psychoanalysts are the Amish of the mental health profession. What we do is deliberately slow. It asks us to sit (or lie) still, to spend long hours immersed in our feelings, to enter into a view of life that is process-rather than goal-oriented.
Barry Magid • Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide
What struck me most wasn’t just the brilliance in the room. It was the vulnerability. The weariness. The courage to keep showing up for others even when we feel like we’re running on empty. And it wasn’t just about the work we do with clients. It was about the work we do with each other. The work between us.
That phrase—the work between us—has been
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By allowing a patient to teach him, Dr. Whitehorn related to the person, rather than to the pathology, of that patient. His strategy invariably enhanced both the patient's self-regard and his or her willingness to be self-revealing.