“We spend all our energy and waste our lives trying to re-create these zones of safety, which are always falling […]
Yesterday a dear friend whom I know from graduate school visited from London. Even though I adore her and have […]
This week I’ve been thinking back on the books I loved most when I was a little girl as I […]
Something I’ve long puzzled over is the balance between allowing myself to accept undesirable states of mind–fractious moods, low spirits, […]
Last night I accidentally erased six months worth of texts sent between my partner and me. In the grand scheme […]
Sometimes I feel as though I spend my life slipping into ruts and then struggling to climb out of them. […]
“How was therapy?” my partner asked me shortly after I sat down in the pub where we’d met for lunch. […]
When we’re down, especially when we’re really down, we have a hard time feeling hopeful, being optimistic, or seeing that […]
As someone who was in therapy for 10 years during my youth and is now a psychotherapist, the notion of […]
As we know, people come for therapy because they’re struggling with some or many aspects of their life. Sometimes, the […]
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