by Ginger Sullivan | May 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
How do you go about finding a therapist? I feel sorry for the lay human being. Really, I do. Finding a qualified psychotherapist is like picking a cereal in Aisle 16 of the grocery store. The choices are overwhelmingly too many. Furthermore, who has the time and the...
by Ginger Sullivan | May 30, 2017 | Emotional Health
“I just want to be normal,” sayeth the umpteenth thousand patient on my green couch. If only you knew how normal you are, I say only in my head. That god-damn bill of goods. The one sold to us in magazines, on television, on Facebook, on shiny holiday cards. The one...
by Ginger Sullivan | May 23, 2017 | Relational Intimacy
I’ve never been one much for superficiality. Those social niceties and exchanges that are well-intended but only serve to maintain a false pleasant front. In my world, such polished manners create disconnection, not connection. They make and maintain a pretend world...
by Ginger Sullivan | May 16, 2017 | Aging
I had lunch yesterday with my 91-year-old friend. It’s not what you might imagine. I did not go visit her in the nursing home. We did not dine over bland mashed potatoes and red Jell-O. No, not my friend. She invited me to lunch. She made a reservation. I dressed for...
by Ginger Sullivan | May 9, 2017 | Relational Intimacy
“Oh, yeah. That.” It often comes down to that. There is a certain kind of couple that finally make it past the door of a therapist’s office. A partnership locked in stable misery. They have a well-grooved path of relating that is wretched but can go on and on and on....
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