By Pete Walker, MFT
on 3/19/13 - 4:37 PM
In my work with clients who were severely traumatized in childhood, I sometimes feel hopeless in helping them to address and deconstruct their inner critics. I feel daunted by the viciousness and incessancy of their self-attack. When a child is relentlessly rejected by contemptuous parents, she mimics them and learns to obsessively scorn herself. Like them, she focuses only on her defects and deficiencies; like them she radiates hate and scorn at herself. Her superego grows into an outsized critic as...
By Christian Conte, PhD
on 1/15/13 - 1:38 PM
Anger management expert, Christian Conte, PhD, who works with the most violent offenders, uses the Greek tragedy of Medusa to illustrate the necessity for compassion and open-minded inquiry when working with those on the margins of society.
By Doug Foresta, LICSW
on 8/28/12 - 12:40 PM
As a therapist and theatre instructor, I hear many stories about creativity. It usually goes something like this: Creativity is something you either have or don’t have, and if you have it, you’re probably manic, anxious and neurotic. Certainly, very few clients come to me complaining that they don’t have enough creativity in their lives. However, I’ve come to experience that healthy creativity (and yes, I believe that this exists!) can help in the process of emotional healing. For the past...
