Archive | September, 2009

What’s the Past Got to do with It?

Psychotherapy often involves quite a bit of time talking about one’s past, often the very past going back to one’s childhood. It’s not uncommon then for a client to wonder about this. After all, he or she has usually come into therapy because of some disturbing issues in the present. What does the past have […]

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Psychotherapy and Integration

Recently a client of mine told me about an old episode of Star Trek that she happened to see. (I vaguely remember the episode from many years ago.) In the show, Captain Kirk, through a mishap in the transporter system (the one that “beams down” humans to other planets and ships), becomes split in half. […]

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