THE JOKE’S ON US – IF WE’LL LET IT BE
Does your life sometimes seem like a joke? Mine certainly does. At times, it’s obvious to me that I can either laugh or cry. Not much of a choice, really, as laughing always seems like the better option.
I have long noticed that when we laugh the [...]
Archive for May, 2007
:: Laughter, at last
Posted in laughter, mental health on 2007 May 31 | Leave a Comment »
:: Gratitude for Spring
Posted in gratitude, time on 2007 May 29 | Leave a Comment »
Every year it creeps up on me: the busy season of winter and early spring. This is the time most therapists are most occupied with trying to address and meet the needs of their clients. Winter is hard on people. It’s a long haul to get to the gentle warmth of spring. When things get [...]
:: Welcome, Samuel, son of Mary
Posted in children, conservatives, homosexuality, mothers on 2007 May 24 | 2 Comments »
Samuel David Cheney entered this world yesterday, as the first child of Mary Cheney, daughter of Mary and Dick Cheney (Vice President of the United States.)
As someone who works professionally with those who are suffering now because, often, of a childhood which did not best serve them (and not always because of parental failure, it [...]
:: Did I err? Oh, please tell me…
Posted in dialog, writing on 2007 May 17 | Leave a Comment »
It is in my nature to speak both plainly and rather more often than some (many?) other people. I trust the process of dialog, for one thing. And that of reason, as well. I also trust human nature – which I know not to be neutral at all, but rather distinctly biased toward the good.
Some [...]
:: Conceptual Boundaries in Psychotherapy (part 3)
Posted in boundaries, conservatives, epistemology, falsifiability, history, inductive logic, practice, psychotherapy on 2007 May 9 | 1 Comment »
(continued, from previous post | part 1 | part 2 | part 3 )
WHY I (AND YOU AS WELL) SHOULD CARE
We’re part of a critical historical time – and science is at the center of it. I can easily predict that 2000 years from now our times will be noteworthy by virtue of three things, [...]
:: Conceptual Boundaries in Psychotherapy (part 2)
Posted in boundaries, falsifiability, inductive logic, practice, psychotherapy, therapy dogs on 2007 May 8 | 3 Comments »
(continued, from previous post | part 1 | part 2 | part 3 )
ARE THERE ANGELS AMONG US? CAN WE PUT THEM TO WORK?
It depends upon who you ask. I’m using “angels” here as a surrogate for a wide range of concepts – the reality of which appears to be in substantial dispute. In addition [...]
:: Conceptual Boundaries in Psychotherapy (part 1)
Posted in boundaries, epistemology, falsifiability, inductive logic, practice, psychotherapy on 2007 May 8 | 3 Comments »
( part 1 | part 2 | part 3 )
This entry is was stimulated by a post to an Internet discussion list in which I participate (see note 4, below). It will be in three parts, due to its length. I encourage you to read the whole piece.
INTRODUCTION
This is addressed to my professional peers. I [...]
