A new psychology-influenced blog, experimental for now. This is to see if I want to talk to people, or to myself, about understandings and questions that come out of my work as a psychotherapist, and out of my sixty-plus years. Probably the first subject I'll get into is -- Why "pessimistic"?
"Parents don't do their 'best.' They do their feeling." My purpose is to present original, non-conventional therapy ideas. While "pessimistic" may seem a provocative or sabotaging quality, it is actually a facet of optimism. Just as a physician would do harm by ignoring injury, and helps the best by facing the worst, so must a therapist know that we grow from roots bent by psychic injuries in our childhood. Optimism must be based in this reality, not in wishful thinking.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Pessimistic Shrink!
A new psychology-influenced blog, experimental for now. This is to see if I want to talk to people, or to myself, about understandings and questions that come out of my work as a psychotherapist, and out of my sixty-plus years. Probably the first subject I'll get into is -- Why "pessimistic"?
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Comments are welcome, but I'd suggest you first read "Feeling-centered therapy" and "Ocean and boat" for a basic introduction to my kind of theory and therapy.