Sublime

Certainly it had been a mistake to have only one psychiatrist along. Every therapist on Earth was also in therapy, it was part of the job, it came with the territory. But his therapist was back in Nice, fifteen timeslipped minutes away at best, and Michel talked to him but he couldn’t help. He didn’t understand, not really; he lived where it was wa

Joe’s case illustrates a common pattern: people often begin therapy with a false or incomplete theory about what ails them, but respond quickly and positively when their underlying pathogenic beliefs—the real source of their problems—are identified.

Neurosis and Human Growth de Karen Horney est le livre que j’ai le plus abondamment annoté pendant mes années de résidence. Sullivan avait beaucoup de choses à enseigner, malheureusement c’était un écrivain si exécrable que ses idées n’ont pas eu l’impact qu’elles méritaient. Ses travaux m’ont néanmoins aidé à comprendre que la plupart de nos patie

If you seek a healer, analyst, therapist, or counselor, make certain they derive from a discipline that has solid predecessors, that they truly know how to do what they hold themselves out as able to do. Ask friends, relatives, and co-workers whom you trust for their recommendations. Make certain whichever teacher you choose is trained, and adequat

Everyone has a place where their need for validation inhibits them, including both of the authors. Psychotherapists are human too, and it’s human nature to want our patients to respond to our brilliance. But they don’t always do that; in fact, sometimes they look at us as if we’re nuts. We’d be lying if we didn’t admit that those times are a direct