Thank you, Ray. So beautifully said/written. As always. Cheers!
P.S. I’m definitely a work-in-progress and figured out a few things over the weekend to help reduce my fight-or-flight responses. One of those things is to turn off notifications on all my apps (save phone and text). I love the online stuff, but find myself easily overwhelmed…
Thank you, Ray. So beautifully said/written. As always. Cheers!
P.S. I’m definitely a work-in-progress and figured out a few things over the weekend to help reduce my fight-or-flight responses. One of those things is to turn off notifications on all my apps (save phone and text). I love the online stuff, but find myself easily overwhelmed by it. So learning to moderate my exposure. Less quantity more quality is my goal.
In the UK, psychotherapists are required to a) have another psychotherapist with whom they discuss all of their clients/patients confidentialy and anonymously, and b) to be a client to a second psychotherpist, at least for intermittant sessions or periods of their own psychotherapy. The idea is that "every scalpel will get blunted and need to be sterilised and resharpened" Our own stuff can get in the way of effectively helping people and we need to deal with it.
It was pointed out to me that as a strongly introverted person seeing 6 to 8 patients each day was stressful for me, as a professional. I don't like social media and avoid them (including Substack, too) as much as I can. I identify with your.
Your comment reminds me of one of my favorite HBO shows: In Treatment. Curious if you’ve ever seen it. Seems a relatively realistic depiction of a therapist’s life…dramatized of course, but so wonderfully acted and written imo. Just Watch is a great resource for what’s available to stream, if you’re interested: https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/in-treatment
Thank you, Ray. So beautifully said/written. As always. Cheers!
P.S. I’m definitely a work-in-progress and figured out a few things over the weekend to help reduce my fight-or-flight responses. One of those things is to turn off notifications on all my apps (save phone and text). I love the online stuff, but find myself easily overwhelmed by it. So learning to moderate my exposure. Less quantity more quality is my goal.
In the UK, psychotherapists are required to a) have another psychotherapist with whom they discuss all of their clients/patients confidentialy and anonymously, and b) to be a client to a second psychotherpist, at least for intermittant sessions or periods of their own psychotherapy. The idea is that "every scalpel will get blunted and need to be sterilised and resharpened" Our own stuff can get in the way of effectively helping people and we need to deal with it.
It was pointed out to me that as a strongly introverted person seeing 6 to 8 patients each day was stressful for me, as a professional. I don't like social media and avoid them (including Substack, too) as much as I can. I identify with your.
Your comment reminds me of one of my favorite HBO shows: In Treatment. Curious if you’ve ever seen it. Seems a relatively realistic depiction of a therapist’s life…dramatized of course, but so wonderfully acted and written imo. Just Watch is a great resource for what’s available to stream, if you’re interested: https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/in-treatment
Cheers, Ray!