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Jill...that quote was given to my by my T. He gave me many many quotes... we both love quotes and this was the first one he wrote down and handed to me one day in session. I was speechless and felt to cared for when he did that. It became very special to me as I would tell him of my facing scary things and telling him I was working on looking fear in the face and he would applaud me for my courage. He always encouraged and championed me in taking my baby steps out into the world. I probably...
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Thank you all for understanding how hard this all is. I have not heard back from newT and I'm not sure he checks his messages on the weekend. I called at 6 last night thinking maybe he was working late but from what I've observed many Ts do not work on Friday or they have very short days. I am still in deep grief over the ending of my relationship with my T. I shake all the time and go through my days terrified of everything. Russ you talk about that hated head fog that always seems to be...
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Hello all I just wanted to share some of the quotes I've collected over the years that have helped me have a better perspective on the worst days. Hope some of them may be helpful to someone else. "We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy." Walter Anderson "Your value doesn't decrease based on someone's inability to see your worth." "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something...
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True North, Thanks very much for your reply. I have not read the books you mentioned yet, but I will look them up...Thanks for these titles. The authors I have read mostly are Allan Schore, Judith Herman, Pat Ogden, Gabor Mate, John Briere, Bessel VanderKolk. Peter Levine, Alice Miller, J.Konrad Stettbacher and a few others. It's great that people have written and shared knowledge on how to help this pain we deal with. Right Brain therapy addresses attachment injury and helps clients by...