Tag Archives: Therapy is Dandy
Identify your vulnerability and put it on a t-shirt.
That’s basically today’s suggestion. I mean it. Maybe not literally, but at least for you and those you trust to know what is on your hypothetical-if-not-real-therapy t-shirt. I have had bad ideas when it comes to t-shirts in the past, … Continue reading
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Tagged Gestalt therapy, Portland Oregon, Superman, The Usual Suspects, Therapy is Dandy, vulnerability
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Professional Interruptions Part 2. The Car Accident.
Or how to interrupt your internal negative critic. As much I said this post is a continuation on the professional interrupting idea from last time, I have to acknowledge that this is also about the nature of emotion and how … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, Car collisions, counseling, Donald Trump, drama, Inside Out, interiority, meditation, Portland, Therapy is Dandy, Walt Whitman
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Trauma can be a pretty intimidating word
So why don’t we try to cut it down to size for easier consideration? As stated elsewhere in the blog once upon a time one of the best parts of my profession is that I get to read a lot … Continue reading
Social Anxiety
(It sucks) The small town I grew up in had a public school system with a progression that was: elementary school, junior high school and then high school. Junior high was 7th grade to 9th grade. So, as a freshman, … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, arrested development, cottage grove, elementary school, empty chair, four horseman of apocalypse, Gestalt therapy, introverts, joy division, junior high, locker room etiquette, motivation, peer pressure, Portland Oregon, puberty, recess, social bullshit, Therapy is Dandy
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Counseling is Yoga for your brain
As in it gives you increased flexibility, endurance, and strength. It’s really quite that simple. When our bodies lose flexibility, strength or endurance, we tend to want to do something about that. Some loss happens with age, but exercise can … Continue reading
Flexibility is the new strength. Mindfulness and meditation are not optional; they are the price of admission.
The Therapy is Dandy Guide to Having a Parent for a Narcissist. Chapter 25. This is the blog where I tell you nothing is free. If you want to improve your relationship to your own feelings and your relationship to … Continue reading
Summertime Blues, Loss and Depression
I know, I know. I hate the title of this one too. The good news is that after this post, you will see much less of a mopey attitude. Promise. Today’s enemy, today’s sermon, today’s you-get-points-for-just-reading, is all about unexpressed … Continue reading
