by rulamo | Nov 29, 2020 | Therapy, Trauma
The Past Never Lasts: Changing the Past from the Future “The past never lasts”. Such was the slogan posted on a colleagues’ bulletin board, when I worked in a treatment center for traumatized adolescents. My colleague used it to remind her young clients that things...
by rulamo | Nov 29, 2020 | Depression, Guilt
Many people feel marred by guilt feelings that are preventing them from fully enjoying their lives. Sometimes, of course, guilt is a useful signal to ourselves that we have done something we can’t really be proud of or have done something we shouldn’t...
by rulamo | Nov 29, 2020 | Trauma
The title of my blog post this week contains one of the essential insights of my work as a psychologist. Too many people spend their lives leaving places they have never actually arrived at. A person who had a traumatic childhood might say they would rather just...
by rulamo | Nov 29, 2020 | Therapy
Recently I came across an excellent video on some of the common misperceptions many people have about psychotherapy that might stop them from ever seeing a therapist. As the short video below from my colleagues at the The School of Life in London illustrates, these...
by rulamo | Nov 29, 2020 | Psychological Issues, Trauma
The line between telling the truth and telling a lie has always been the central theme of psychotherapy. The real self (an acceptance of one’s real feelings and motivations) and the reality principle (a sober assessment of the world as it really is) has always been...
