When the proverbial hits the fan with high velocity stress, where do you turn for wise direction? While processing a problem with your support team is an excellent coping strategy, have you discovered that intelligent guidance is also available from a wise source within? If you have tuned into your body when facing a problem, [...]
Can you remember a time when someone said, “Can I tell you a secret?” Were you intrigued? Did you feel a slight stirring inside? What sort of revelation did you prepare yourself to receive? Isn’t it funny how images and connotations, interpretations and expectations can make the body respond in certain ways? What do you [...]
Have you experienced the pleasure of getting so close to your goal that you can almost taste success? Have you tasted the coppery flavor of fear or characterized an unpleasant experience as distasteful? Disappointment can be bitter; revenge can be sweet, and babies’ feet are delicious. Getting something you want at the expense of something [...]
Have you ever wondered what empowers a wish? Might wishing a friend “Good luck” actually help her reach a goal or fulfill a dream? Do perfunctory phrases like, “I wish you well,” or simple statements like “Farewell” contain more than casual courtesy? What if you felt the power of wishing yourself well? The concept’s not [...]
What does it mean to you to acquire knowledge? When you want information, where do you go to get it? Like most of us today, I rely on technology for answers, but what my professor at B. U. School of Social Work said in the days when computers were gigantic, and cell phones were Si-fi [...]
When a client comes in declaring, “I’m stuck!” what comes to your mind, as you begin a diagnostic formulation? Which methodology do you choose to address the issue? As clinicians we are blessed with a plethora of concepts, techniques and strategies from which to choose for offering therapeutic aide. Perhaps you educate your client about [...]
How has intelligent wisdom come to you? Do you get “gut feelings” about certain things? Have you felt rightness “in your bones?” Have you experienced senscience, the felt sense of authentic knowing that can clear up confusion? Maybe the intelligence of your intuition has manifested as a physical metaphor like it did for my client [...]
What does it mean to provide a somatically attuned and integrated style of psychotherapy? How can attunement to the innate organic wisdom of the body help us guide our clients to discover and use the healing resources within? Questions like these often guide the essential aspects of our clinical work. We leave our graduate programs, [...]