One of my patients came to me last week looking like he’d just been through a war. He plopped down in a chair and began to weep. It didn’t take me long to realize he’d been “dumped.” At least, that’s how he characterized it. But I don’t believe getting “dumped” exists. Here’s why: First, the [...]
Archive for January 17th, 2010
You have never been dumped
Posted in Thoughts and Musings, tagged child within, dumped, love yourself, partnership, relationship on January 17, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The last thing you do
Posted in Intriguing Patients, Thoughts and Musings, tagged Art of the Fugue, Bach, fugue, meaning in life, unfinished fugue, work on January 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The clip at the bottom of this post is a performance of an excerpt from the Art of the Fugue, by Johann Sebastian Bach. There are a few reasons why this music opens emotional floodgates. This piece was written under astonishing circumstances that speak to the essence of what it means to work and to [...]
Dr. King and old people
Posted in Current Events, Thoughts and Musings, tagged Ageism, Dr. King, ethnicity, gay, homophobia, lesbian, LGBT, Martin Luther King, racism, sexism, transference on January 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. King would have turned 81 this week – an excellent opportunity to discuss ageism, an insidious form of discrimination. The starting point in any discussion of discrimination is why difference is an issue at all. Some of your discomfort with difference derives from sheer inexperience. It has been proven that a witness in a [...]
Haiti and the bifurcated universe
Posted in Current Events, tagged Bill Clinton, Clinton Foundation, donation, earthquake, earthquake relief, Existential, Gerald Lucas, Haiti on January 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes a patient will stop during a session, mid-sentence, look abashed, and say: I must sound ridiculous. Here I am, prattling on about my problems. And there are so many people who have it so much worse than I do. Gerald Lucas, a psychotherapist I studied with years ago, had a useful response he employed [...]
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