Anger . Power . Love: A Journey Back to Connection An online workshop with Chia-Ying Chou, PhD, Chris Fraser, MSW, and Isabelle Leboeuf, PhD Date and Time: 8:30am – noon PDT on October 2, 9, 16, and 23 If life experiences have led you to be afraid of your anger or to block your anger, this …
I say things like these to clients often: We need to process the sadness. Let’s sit with your fear. There are lots of emotions we need to unpack and process here. One day, someone finally asked me ‘What do you mean by processing emotions?’ It dawned on me what jargons these are. Hey therapists, why …
How often do we show the world what we think it expects to see? a loyal employee, a smart woman or man, a friendly stranger, a knowledgeable expert, a supportive friend, a sweet daughter, a helpful coworker, a dependable spouse, How often do we spend hours and hours with people and only see what we …
Rat Park In the early 1980s, a Canadian researcher by the name of Bruce Alexander published a couple of interesting articles about his work with rat populations. What Alexander did was take some rats and give them some dope—but with a twist. Alexander made water containing opiates available along with fresh water to the rats. …
Last week, a client said “I have been so lonely during this pandemic. The isolation and stay-at-home orders have made me feel so alone.” I can feel the loneliness she was talking about, and even more, I can understand it because I have felt it too. I believe we all have; it is universal to …
