Learning to Think for Ourselves
Many clients come to counseling expecting therapists to give them the answer – to tell them what to do about a particular problem or symptom. They also often want to know what’s “normal.” At the […]
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Couples Therapy
Anyone who has ever been in a long term relationship will tell you that it weathered some very rough times, even moments rife with uncertainty about its viability. More than any other reason, people come […]
A Son’s Vows to Love, Honor, and Obey Go Awry
My brother’s troubles began with my parent’s marriage. They knew each other for only one week when they married. Mother told me that she only agreed because she was twenty-five, an old maid. Dad was […]
Myopia Road: Reflections on Painting and Therapy
Growing up on a road named Myopia always seemed fitting for my family since a myopic vision involves being able to see objects when things are close by, but having difficulty in seeing when objects […]
Food: The Sweetest Taboo
“It sounds ridiculous, but I wait until everyone is either asleep or out and then I go down to the kitchen and I just eat. I eat until I feel sick. I don’t even know […]
Psychotherapy Relationship and Money: Strange Bedfellows?
“Most things of exchange require money. The most worthy of exchange require the mind, heart, and time.” -Bobby Compton When you pay for therapy, what are you paying for? There are some themes that don’t […]
Odelya Gertel Kraybill, PhD – How I Found My Rhythm Back After Trauma
Free as a bird In the family of my childhood, music, dancing and laughter were coping mechanisms for our many difficulties. I danced ballet for several years as a child and still carry a wonderful […]