“Here I am still broken, and you want me to share the little bit of healing I’ve experienced?” a client asked me from a place of what she thought was depletion. Later, she thanked me for...
“Someone should write your story,” a renowned and very creative songwriter told me a few years ago. I remember looking at him and saying, “There’s not much to my story Just a scared little girl who’s...
“Will I ever get totally free of trauma? Seems like I get one thing handled and something else pops up … Like I’m playing whack-a-mole with trauma,” my client asked with urgency. I could see he...
“Is it true that it takes 2 to 5 years to heal from all this trauma? I didn’t sign up to be in therapy that long!” my client moaned. Rightfully so! I assured him, “Although doing it one-hour at a time...
“It’s like everything is changing! That’s not a complaint. But it’s like we’re having to learn to do everything in a different way. Are we on the right track?” My clients were sincere in their...
“Why has it been so hard for me to love? I had no idea it wasn’t some kind of loaded gun … That I was pushing away Or that it could be such a wonderful thing!” my client confessed after he and...
“I just don’t know if I will ever ‘get’ this thing about love. I even googled to see if there was a ‘Love for Dummies’ edition. I really need help with this ” my client said in a tone practically...
“I don’t think I even know what love is! That’s my conclusion after watching the video you asked my wife and I to watch ” my client said with a mixture of shame and confusion. I had to laugh, as I...
“I know you warned me about the letters from my wife and my son and that I could read them but that was not the purpose. That it was to reach others who weren’t ready to own that their resentments...
