Happiness is Over-Rated

When a patient begins treatment, it is quite common for him or her to tell me that their goal of working with me is to be happy. In the initial stages of our work, I let this slide … for who am I to rain on their fantastical parade? Delusion certainly has a...

Surprised on a Sunday

It was a typical summer Sunday at church. Vacant.  Everyone was either sunbathing, sweating or sleeping somewhere, anywhere but in the sanctuary of the Unitarian Church. I was glad to be sitting for a moment, reprieved from the interruptive calls of...

The Loss Pot

As we move from the frivolity of summer to the reflective, waning days of autumn, I want to introduce you to a concept of mine I call the “loss pot.” Think of the loss pot as a user-friendly term for the unconscious.  It is a grand storage tank, a...