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Monthly Archives: April 2010
The master and the elf
(SAMI was a residential treatment center for mentally ill addicts. It had no budget, supplies or support, and got no respect, lucky breaks or funding. Luckily, it had elves and masters…) Once upon a time there was a Zen master … Continue reading
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Tagged Being-With, Friendship, Kindred spirits, Relationships, Trust-the-process
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A fishy moment in therapy
A client arrived for our session with a lovely angel-fish in a baggy. No longer allowed to have a fish-tank at home s/he wondered if the fish could live in my tank, rather than facing execution-by-toilet. A boat-load of traditionally … Continue reading
Morally superior to reality?
I was listening to an Ekhart Tolle lecture the other day. He was making fun of the human tendency to assume that we know how things should be, and to be very upset when they are not the way they … Continue reading
Womb as weapon?
I heard an interview on NPR the other day, about a group of folks that believe in having as many kids as they can, citing a Biblical verse suggesting they do so. One of the women interviewed spoke of how … Continue reading
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Tagged Compassion, Divine Feminine, Embodied Spirituality, Fear, Fundamemtalism, Patriarchy, Shadow-self
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From Voyage to voyage…
The clinic I have built my career in (Voyage Counseling) is going out of business. I have approximately two weeks to find a new home for myself and my clients. It’s always interesting to be on the crisis side of … Continue reading
How the Light gets in…
I saw Leonard Cohen perform last night, and he did the song Anthem (click to play). Ring the bells, that still can ring…. Forget your perfect offering… There is a crack, a crack, in everything…. That’s how the light gets … Continue reading
The Therapist is a Client
I’ve been working with a personal trainer for the few months, and am struck by how many similarities it shares with the therapeutic process. When a client comes in for therapy, they know they want to change, but don’t know … Continue reading
I was gone, but I’m back now. Darn!
I had a transpersonal experience the other day, in which 90% of my ego seemed to vanish, and I felt as if I had no ‘edges’. There seemed to be a plane of energy, intersecting at my heart, rippling everywhere … Continue reading
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The Hardest Part
You know what the hardest part of being a therapist is? People always ask “how can you listen to people complain for hours on end?” thinking that is the hardest part of the job. It’s not. Complainers have no intention … Continue reading
The First Entry
…doesn’t have to be profound.