In the News: Therapists Try Tough Love
Whining, as defined by experts—the therapists, spouses, co-workers and others who have to listen to it—is chronic complaining, a pattern of negative communication. It brings down the mood of everyone within earshot. It can hold whiners back at work and keep them stuck in a problem, rather than working to identify a solution. It can be toxic to relationships. (Full Article) There are...
Read More“Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.” Buddhist proverb
A bad dose of the “Anyways”: A few days ago, I found myself relating a story to a friend. I was recounting how I had taken my guitar to a guitar shop for repair, and how it had been returned to me with a ding implanted in the baseboard, that had not previously been there. I was incensed that they had not owned up to the infraction, and had implied that the dent was there...
Read MoreSuzy explains psychotherapy for yogis…
While the purpose of Yoga is the expansion of consciousness beyond all suffering, many yoga practitioners still struggle with their basic psychology. This is mainly due to the commercialization of public classes, which has toppled the sacred and transformative aspects of the practice. Large, sweaty classes are not inherently a negative thing, since physical yoga offers a multitude of...
Read MoreNarrative Therapy & learning to unsuffer
I’m fascinated with social justice and the human response to wrongdoing that tends towards retribution. What does it mean to live as a society, or an individual, in a constant state of reactivity? How can one get beyond this, and start to live with a true sense of freedom that is more akin to transcendental justice. I grew up in South Africa, during apartheid, in a privileged, Jewish,...
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Read MoreYogic Psychotherapy – Part I
Non-dual, yogic philosophy teaches us that we are all emanations of the One (Shiva, God, Consciousness, Love, Essence, Nature, etc.) This perspective has many implications for the practice of psychotherapy – let’s turn our attention to just a couple. First of all, as human beings our lives are ALL sacred, no matter how each of us thinks, feels and behaves. In other words, the...
Read MorePete’s Sixpence: Losing and The Art of Re-Finding
Pete’s Sixpence. The Roman Stoic Philosopher, Seneca wrote: “ Rehearse death. To say this is to tell you to rehearse freedom. A person who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave.’’ Hank Williams Jr. wrote: “I’ll never get out of this world alive”. Studies show that integrating loss into our lives, through various positive rituals, allows us to...
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