Empathy and Improvisation in Psychotherapy

Therapy can feel stuck, stymied and aimless, but fits and starts may be a necessary aspect of transformative therapeutic processes. Of course, this is because problems outside of therapy show up in the consulting room. Therapy feels stuck when the domains of choice are too restricted or rigid,...
Empathy and Improvisation in Psychotherapy

A Message of Wisdom

Can any of us truly define happiness and contentment? Is it easier to discuss potential and wishes? What about joy, delight or accomplishment? As professionals and as humans, it is important to identify our deepest wishes and desires and to work from a place of compassion with our clients and...
A Message of Wisdom

Empathy, Resiliency, Stress and College Life

Violent crimes committed by college students seem to be on the rise and in the news every year (if not more frequently), which is a troubling indicator of the issues facing college and university students in today’s society. A recent interview with Dori S. Hutchinson, the director of...
Empathy, Resiliency, Stress and College Life

Expressing Ourselves: Evolutions Of Emotions

Can we create new emotions? No, but we can become better at identifying them with the help of a design student who has created a map of complex and emotional states. Combining words and expressions from other countries, Pei-Ying Lin’s project Unspeakableness puts a visual on what we usually...
Expressing Ourselves: Evolutions Of Emotions

Six Habits to Nurture your Empathy

'Pay it Forward' this Holiday Season

I loved the movie and the book, ‘Pay it Forward’, to think it took a child to start something amazing at his school. I also like Kevin Spacey as an actor and he played his role well.  As a continuation of my article on  ‘Compassion during the Holidays‘ , I would like...
"Pay it Forward" this Holiday Season