Reflections on Resiliency
Insights and resources from our community of practitioners.
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By Invitation Only
This story is a “round-robin story,” meaning it was created collaboratively by writers in the Tuesday Night Writing Workshop. Each…
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Autumn Days
Pipitone red & gold leaves, crisp air tell me autumn is here – they crunch under my feet…
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Travel as a Restorative and Transformative Experience
As summer ends and we continue to return to life pre-pandemic, the busy lives we led…
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A Face of the Moon
Truly, darkness does precede illumination The stillness and uncertainty of that which is unknown Is the way to move in…
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My Mantra for the past 40 years: The Influence of Roethke’s The Waking:
I thought I would close these musings on poetry and the journey of life with a poem that I first…
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The Difficult Work of Welcoming Our Painful Emotions
I was a young man and first starting my own spiritual and therapeutic journey, I imagined…
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The Difficult Work of Recovering Love for One’s Self After Love Has Ended
One of the more common and heartbreaking reasons that many people decide to enter therapy is due to the end…
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The Difficult Work of Love
When I first see couples who are struggling in their relationship, I sometimes share this line from the poet Rilke…
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Leaving Home and Learning to Listen to Your Own Voice
Leaving home and starting to separate and individuate from our families is one of the first, most difficult, and exciting…
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Using Poetry in the Journey of Psychotherapy
I’ve been reading, writing and listening to poetry for inspiration, enjoyment, and as a balm…
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Poetry in Motion: Lessons from Ecotherapy
I have just recently discovered a new Ecotherapy idea which I am calling “poetry in motion”: You select a poem…
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