Therapist Musings

“Be patient towards all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.”

Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Marie Rilke

Past Notes

Meeting the Bluebird in You: An IFS Writing Guide

Meeting the Bluebird in You: An IFS Writing Guide

Immigration Trauma in 2025: The Deep Imprints It Leaves on Our Mind and Body

Immigration Trauma in 2025: The Deep Imprints It Leaves on Our Mind and Body

Holding Both: Using Dialectical Thinking in Trauma Therapy to Move Beyond All-or-Nothing Beliefs

Holding Both: Using Dialectical Thinking in Trauma Therapy to Move Beyond All-or-Nothing Beliefs

Feelings Aren’t Facts: A Trauma Therapy Perspective on Emotions, Needs, and Healing

Feelings Aren’t Facts: A Trauma Therapy Perspective on Emotions, Needs, and Healing

On Life, Death, and Relationship: A Hundred Reminders of the Human Condition

On Life, Death, and Relationship: A Hundred Reminders of the Human Condition

Exploring Internal Family Systems as a Path to Healing

Exploring Internal Family Systems as a Path to Healing

Safety Is a State, Not a Trait: Polyvagal Theory and Somatic Therapy for Trauma and Anxiety

Safety Is a State, Not a Trait: Polyvagal Theory and Somatic Therapy for Trauma and Anxiety

Glimmers: What Are They and How Can They Help Us Feel Safe Again?

Glimmers: What Are They and How Can They Help Us Feel Safe Again?