Posts by Ursula Steck
Therapy as a “Creative Storm”
“So do you have experience with this?” Quite a few people who want to begin therapy ask me this. Of course, this is a perfectly reasonable question, but I still usually find myself searching for a good response. The answer should be easy. My specialization as a therapist is the treatment of anxiety and my…
Physician-Assisted Suicide, The Freedom of Ambivalence, and Why Our Heads are Round
I grew up with the saying “The head is round so that the thoughts can change direction.” When the debate around legislation permitting physician-assisted suicide in California hit the news lately, I was reminded of this saying when I examined my own thoughts and opinions around this law. As a member of the disability community,…
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and “The Fear of Fear Itself.”
“So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” FDR’s famous line from his first inaugural address used to strike me as a universal truth. He describes fear as “nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” I…
Forgiveness: What and How?
Ursula Steck explores a deeper philosophy on forgiveness.