All Good Things
The therapy relationship contains its ending from the very beginning as every therapy comes to an end eventually. Under ideal conditions, therapist and patient arrive together at the decision to
What is the Frame in psychotherapy?
I have always found the therapeutic frame to be one of the most important and useful concepts in the practice of psychotherapy. The frame is the container for the therapy,
After the pause
Spring usually comes rather reluctantly to Maine. Long after people living south of here start posting photos of spring flowers, I look out at bare trees and brown ground. And
A Light in the Window
We are living in a dark time. War in Europe fills social media and news. The COVID-19 pandemic continues in spite of desires to return to “normal”, whatever that is.
So it has been a long time…
I took the last 4 months off from writing. It wasn’t planned. But after doing this blog for 15 years, I just needed to let myself be silent and consider
Conversations in the Third Act
“We cannot live the afternoon of life according to the programme of life’s morning, for what was great in the morning will be little at evening, and what in the
Healing?
“Psychoanalysis cannot be considered a method of education if by education we mean the topiary art of clipping a tree into a beautiful artificial shape. But those who have a
It’s the relationship
Many, maybe most people believe that therapists “do” something which makes patients feel better because it is hard to believe that it is the relationship between the therapist and the
You Don’t Always Get What You Want
A couple of years ago I read The Last Asylum, by Barbara Thomas. It’s one of those books that has stayed with me and leads me to think more deeply
Words that shaped me
I have always been a reader and books have played an important role in shaping me as a person and as a psychotherapist. So in no particular order of importance,
Slow
Summer is the time for slowness. I have been reading a lot but not writing much, though I expect to remedy that in the next little while. Meanwhile, here is
Leo Shows His Past
This noble beast is Leo. He is three years old and has been with us since he was about nine weeks old when we adopted him and brought him home.