Category Archives: Dandy
Throw out all your psychic armor.
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 23. An ongoing survival guide. Throw out all your psychic armor. This entry is partially inspired by this, currently at the Portland Art Museum. It’s pretty easy … Continue reading
So what are my needs, anyway?
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 22. An ongoing survival guide. So what are my needs, anyway? (because there are no guarantees anybody else will tell you). So here we are then: aware … Continue reading
The Entitlement Gambit
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 21 (now legal in 50 states and Puerto Rico). An ongoing survival guide. Entitlement—what is it? Well, for me, entitlement should be the new 4-letter word not … Continue reading
The Wound
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 20. An ongoing survival guide. In Chapter 19, I brought up the idea of the repair. I feel it needs more discussion. So, here it comes. I’m … Continue reading
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Avoiding a trip to the emotional vomitorium
Have you ever been hit up alongside the head with any of these winners? “You’re overreacting. It’s not that big of a deal.” “You are just too sensitive. That’s your problem.” “I can never tell you anything without you having … Continue reading
I read boring psychology textbooks so you don’t have to.
I mean it. It is perhaps the one part of me that is aligned with the Buddha: my wish to prevent other people’s suffering. Unfortunately I am a therapist so other people’s suffering is something I really can’t avoid. So. … Continue reading
Everything is Clinical. Everything is Genuine.
Things don’t always mean what you think they mean in Therapy. Part 5. Read any clinical textbook from any era or school of therapeutic thought in the history of psychology, and you will find a lot written about clients missing … Continue reading
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Things don’t always mean what you think they mean in therapy. Part 4.
I love hearing stories about experience with other therapists. I think it is a very important thing to pay attention to. Especially when people make comments or complaints about being confused by what their therapist does or doesn’t do in … Continue reading
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The Shame Sandwich
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 15. An ongoing survival guide. No, this is not going to be a review of the movie Shame, starring Michael Fassbender. But if, for whatever reason, you … Continue reading
The Last Day of the Year Blog of 2012
Starting a tradition with this post, even though traditions often are hard work. Here we are at the end of another year, and despite lots of internet noise, the world did not end on December 21. I was in Las … Continue reading
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Tagged apocalypse, Arab Spring, authority, exhaustion, fiscal cliff., messiah, new years eve, politics, private practice, resolutions, society, therapy, zombies
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Therapy is Dandy! 