Parallel Play As A Model For Therapeutic Conversation
Dave: Parallel playing is akin to writing poetry, fragments, often disparate, are blended into a collage-like whole. In a real
Good Psychotherapy Is Not “Cognitive”: It’s An Experience
Dave: I have been thinking, “There is more to life than Trump.” So I am going to get off the
Cartoon Therapy
Our sentiments exactly: From the New Yorker cartoons.
Thankful
On this Thanksgiving day, please enjoy this poem by Mary Oliver, reminding us to notice the beauty in everyday life.
THE “DUMBING DOWN” OF OUR CULTURE AND OTHER EVENTS
Lack of curiosity is a dangerous thing–in medicine, therapy, culture. Trump’s manner of speaking certainly promotes “not knowing what you don’t want to know”. He is a disturbing model for over-simplified explanations and sneering at complexity or any level of sophistication or subtlety.
The Dumbing Down of Our Culture
In many professions now, so-called “quality measurement” is the dominant language, reducing, quantifying, and eventually, side-lining the importance of human interaction. This can not be good for us as living, breathing, multi-dimensional beings.
The Value of Emotional Skepticism
From Alain De Botton’s The School of Life: Botton talks about the philosophical school known as Skepticism, which began in
Let America Be America Again
For our collective wounds: Here’s a poem from the great African-American poet Langston Hughes. Let American Be America Again Let
SMALL UNIVERSES
Dave: There’s no town drunks here we just take turns. Sometimes it seems to me our small universes are made out