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It is hard to be empathetic and helpful to a patient if you see her as a threat to your credibility.
Christine Montross • Falling Into the Fire: A Psychiatrist's Encounters with the Mind in Crisis
therapist says, “Let’s ease the suffering.” The spiritual director says, “Let her suffer, she’ll get sick of this way of relating to people and she’ll finally decide to break out of this prison of emotional dependence on others.” Shall I offer a palliative or remove a cancer? It’s not easy to decide.
J. Francis Stroud • Awareness: Conversations with the Masters
Questions are the keys that cause the secret doors of the psyche to swing open.
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés • Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
to thrive” for children separated from their parents and caught in debilitating grief.
Sue Johnson • Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
Psychology
Christina • 23 cards
Emotional responsiveness:
Dr Julie Smith • Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: The Sunday Times bestseller, with over 1 million copies sold
Freud and Breuer’s Studies on Hysteria,
Irvin D. Yalom • When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel Of Obsession
If you prefer, seek a therapist who knows how to deal with secrets. This will be a person of mercy, with no particular drum to bang about right and wrong, who knows the difference between guilt and remorse and about the nature of grieving and resurrection of spirit.