How often do we adjust our attention so that we can listen deeply to our clients, rather than focusing on getting our agenda across? How often do we resist the urge to close ourselves off to new information or ideas that would disrupt our preconceived notions? And how often do we challenge our conditioning to […]
Tamara Thebert, MFT
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One of the most challenging aspects of our work shows up when there are impasses, ruptures, and enactments. These are moments or periods in therapy when there is a strain or breakdown in the therapeutic alliance. Nevertheless, when we compassionately face these difficulties, we access one of the most impactful vehicles of change. Why? Because […]
I woke up one morning thinking of the phrase I am not a robot, a phrase we see on the computer screen many times a day. As common as battery-powered scooters across urban landscapes, I am not a robot, is our new normal. Ironically, we are told to prove our humanness to a technological algorithm […]