 "Rats. Nobody sent me a Christmas card today. I almost wish there weren’t a holiday season. I know nobody likes me. Why do we have to have a holiday season to emphasize it?"
-Charlie Brown from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" For all you "Peanuts" lovers, hope your holidays are enjoyable and recharging. This photo is just a reminder that, if they aren't, the "doctor" is in. Feel free to reach out for a consultation. Although, this picture is a little misleading in regards to my rates, I'm confident that you will discover that therapy is worth the investment.
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"The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow stronger."
- Bertrand Russell "Give yourself permission to allow this moment to be exactly as it is, and allow yourself to be exactly as you are."
- Jon Kabat-Zinn "We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their actions."
-Stephen Covey "The attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be."
-Alan Watts "You do not rise to the level of your goals; you fall to the level of your systems."
-James Clear "It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it."
- Lou Holtz "Language alone protects us from the scariness of things with no names."
- Toni Morrison Have you heard of Focusing? This is a process aimed at accessing the deeper "knowing" that lies beneath everyday awareness. This just one exercise I utilize to facilitate therapy with outstanding results. Since being trained in Focusing, it's hard for me to imagine conducting therapy without it. Here is a more a description of Focusing as described by The Focusing Institute:
“Focusing” is to enter into a special kind of awareness, different from our every day awareness. It is open, turned inward, centered on the present and on your body’s inner sensations. When doing Focusing, you silently ask, “How am I now?” Perhaps you feel just fine. Or perhaps there is something in the way of feeling fine. That inside place might not respond quickly, but it does respond. It will give you a bodily sensation that is more rich and complex than a simple “feeling good” or “feeling bad.” As you wait attentively, something forms inside you that is vague, indefinite, difficult to put into a words. You try to describe this sensation and maybe a sentence comes, or an image, maybe a word or two which describes this sensation, and lets you know that it has something to do with a certain situation or experience in your life. For instance, a depressing problem might cause you to say “I feel heavy,” or “It’s like an empty cave inside,” or “there’s a huge ball there, dark, fiery, no, it’s more like--” etc. This sensation in your body is called a “felt sense.” It lies behind your thoughts and feelings and is significant and full of meaning. It is a message from your body to you, and will speak to you when you listen. Contacting the felt sense is the important first step of Focusing. Focusing is the ability to stay with the felt sense as it develops, to look at it with curiosity, without judging. Focusing is the ability to welcome what comes, to maintain a friendly attitude to whatever is inside you. Focusing is the ability to listen to that place that is trying to tell you something and to be ready to be surprised. Staying with the felt sense helps you learn that which you don’t already know. As you pay attention to the felt quality of your current experiencing, you develop new expressions, words that are fresh, appropriate and alive. The felt sense talks to you in words and symbols that are not separate from your experience, but which evoke that experience for you in the present moment. That experience was below your awareness, but not below the awareness of the body. When in contact with this sea of experience which you carry in your body, you come to understand how you are living a situation, a relationship, a problem. As you search for a name for what you feel, there is often a wonderful result. Something inside you changes. You relax; your body is energized, grateful tears may come and a deep breath. This change, which is perceived directly in the body, is called a ”felt shift.” You feel better and different in a good way. Focusing gives you a better capacity to confront difficult situations and find creative solutions. "Life begins on the other side of despair."
- Jean Paul Sartre |
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