People often underestimate the importance of the connection they have with their clinician. Instead, they focus on finding a convenient appointment time or they don’t give the relationship enough time to develop. But studies have demonstrated that it is the quality of the therapeutic alliance that can really drive outcomes and enhance the quality of…
Ever wondered why it hurts when you get criticized? Why do we get “defensive”? Our pathways for processing physical pain and emotional pain are the same. That means experiencing loss, trauma, grief, depression, anxiety – these invisible injuries are experienced in the same fashion as being stabbed, choked, bitten, shot – you get the point.…
When you think of psychotherapy, you might imagine lying on a couch with a psychiatrist sitting poker faced, scribbling notes and occasionally stroking their chin as they contemplate what you really mean by what you’re sharing. Perhaps this view is informed by your own experience or more likely if you’ve never met with a psychiatrist or…
The tears are streaming down my cheeks. I have to turn away, distract myself, hide my face. He looks so vulnerable. Moving slow. Shuffling his feet forward. Hunched over the walker. Pushing himself to inch down the hall. In the time it takes a blood clot to form and speed towards the brain, his life,…
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