The Gift of Therapy

The Cultivation of Intimacy

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Why I Don’t Like Talking on the Phone I was watching a drama on HBO called The Leftovers and one character said to another “I don’t know how to talk to you yet.”  They had just been on their fourth date and one had made a joke…there was some concern that the joke had offended … Read more

On Taking People Further Than You’ve Gone!

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The Gift of Therapy One of my favorite writings is Irvin Yalom’s brief chapter (2 pages) in the book “The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and their Patients.”  Chapter 34 is titled “On taking patients (clients) further than you’ve gone.” On Taking People Further Than You’ve Gone! In … Read more