“So, I have to admit that the last session was full of sunshine and roses! But I bet people show up with weapons for this one,” the husband from last week’s session proclaimed as he walked in the...
“I never dreamed I’d find myself sitting in a shrink’s office! I signed off on counselors long ago!” His wife was as surprised as I was to see him walk in the door! If you’ve been following my series...
A Caring Invitation To Your Loved One With Mood Swings “I’m sure you’ve heard everything about me, and you already know what a mess I am, and you’re probably going to tell me I need to move on and...
“Although I feel like I’m still healing, somehow it feels like enough of me is no longer shattered like Humpty Dumpty, and that I can actually have some sane, coherent thoughts!” I was moved to hear...
“I’m so ashamed to admit this, but I believe I’ve been traumatized. I’d hoped it was just damage from the wrecking ball of my husband, who has swinging moods. But unfortunately, I’ve done the...
“There are days when I believe I’m permanently damaged. To my very core. And then…there’re days that I think that other people have it far worse than me and I should just get over it,” my client...
“I’m just not sure I’ll ever be the same or find that vivacious part of me that once loved life. That once thrived in knowing life that was so-so-so good! That once had great hope, and great faith...
“I know he’s a good man. I know he is. And I vacillate between wanting to be supportive and help him, to feeling totally crazy, to thinking that the only way I can survive is to do what a counselor...
“I am so tired of being the object of the wrecking ball that swings from the end of his wrecking rig. He’s in the cabin in the cool air conditioning, listening to music, while I am out here in the...
