When I first came to therapy as a client at the age of twenty-one, I worried at the end of my initial session that my suffering would burden my therapist …
Finding the Compass in Compassion: A New Model of Caring for Others and Ourselves
Anxiety Reader Feedback SpiritualCoping With Ambiguity (And the Trouble with Affirmations)
Coping statements are qualitatively different than affirmations, because they emphasize resilience, not perfection. I don’t believe in affirmations, but I do believe in coping statements. Affirmations are a form of …
ToolsWhat Are My Coping Skills?
BE PRACTICALDo you have directions? Contact numbers? A plan or goal? Money? The right clothes? Phone charged? Snacks/water? Enough time to get some place? And, do you need to be …
ToolsWrite a Letter to Your Suffering Self
Clients tell me that they have absolutely no idea how to have self-compassion, and while they easily demonstrate compassion for others, they just don’t know how to be compassionate with …
How to Practice Willingness
Many psychological approaches based in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and other mindfulness-based therapies propose willingness as an effective technique for coping with a variety of symptoms. I agree …