Posts Tagged ‘Vulnerability’
Just get over it vs. I love you and I am with you
I have two young sons and sometimes one of them will throw a knock-down-drag-out-tantrum and I can feel the internal dialogue inherited from my family in my head screaming: “Shut up! Get over it kid!” Sometimes I am less than attuned, and while I don’t say “shut up,” my body posture or a flip comment probably…
Strength and Vulnerability: Psychotherapy for First Time Users
Traci Ruble gives a great talk about the hidden strengths inside vulnerability. “Being vulnerable is not the same as being weak. Misconceptions about vulnerability can make people who have never been to psychotherapy feel nervous about trying to get help. This talk is about what it is like to start therapy and what actually happens in…
F&%k Positive Thinking
Person You: “Man I had a really crappy day. I just learned that my co-worker, whom I can’t stand, got a promotion and I feel mad, jealous, and worried that maybe I suck. I am just really spinning.” Friend 1: “Oh you shouldn’t think that way about yourself. You are fantastic. If you think positively…
Launching: Support in Finding Our Professional Voice as Psychotherapists
From the Mars Rover Curiousity Control Room! A team effort! “There seems to be a way in which once licensed [as a psychotherapist] we feel a sense of having to do this work of growing a practice in isolation – not sharing with each other how incredibly vulnerable it is to put our own artistry in…