The Carbon Monoxide Metaphor

The Carbon Monoxide Metaphor

THE PROBLEM. . . When taking a comprehensive, psycho-social history of our clients, we explore childhood experiences to learn about important elements such as attachment organization, dissociative coping mechanisms, and past traumas. Part this phase of treatment also...
The ‘Other Shoe Drop’ Practice

The ‘Other Shoe Drop’ Practice

POLLUTING THE PRESENT Perhaps you’ve had the experience whereby everything in the moment is seemingly going well — the sun is shining, the children are playing happily — and you should not, by all reasonable measures, have a care in the world. Except that you do. And...
Forging a New Path

Forging a New Path

One of the metaphors that I like to use to help clients conceptualize and consider change is that of an open field of tall grass.  When we engage in a repeated, reactive behavior, it is as if we walk the same path through a field from start to finish. Over time, that...