a somatic state of relatedness
The mind-body clash has disguised the truth that psychotherapy is physiology. When a person starts therapy, he isn’t beginning a pale conversation; he is stepping into a somatic state of relatedness.
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Lack and Transcendence: The Problem of Death and Life in Psychotherapy, Existentialism, and Buddhism
Balancing heaven and earth
I read several books by Robert A. Johnson a few years ago. Someone on reddit mentioned that he was told by Jung to give up on finding a community and focus on…
the paradox of the self
When I was younger (actually, not too long ago) I was often trapped in my own pain and suffering. I would wonder very often why did terrible things constantly seem to happen…
The Trauma of Everyday Life
freeing ourselves from our invisible prisons
on the journey and outcomes of freeing ourselves
leaders in therapy
It should be a norm for people in leadership positions to be in therapy. 1. leaders have disproportionate power to impact many lives, 2. everyone has blind spots and unconscious emotions 3….
On working on the self and being a wider container, in spite of the crumbling world
I was telling my partner that I am suffering from an existential writer’s block: I cannot help but feel everything I write or tweet would seem frivolous at this point in time…
on becoming a person
If I can only recommend one book in my entire life till now, it would be Carl Rogers’ “On Becoming a person“. Every book has its flaws and will never be complete…
Acceptance of the client
1. Acceptance of the client by the therapist leads to an increased acceptance of self by the client. 2. The more the therapist perceives the client as a person rather than as an object, the more the client will come to perceive himself as a person rather than an object. 3. In the course of therapy an experiential and effective type of learning about self takes place in the client.