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There You Are: The Medicine You Carry Within and the Hiring of Sancho Panza
Part Two of Two For my fellow therapists who experience this work as something of a spiritual calling, and who sometimes find that the language of our profession doesn’t quite capture what happens when we accompany another human being through suffering. In the first part of this article, I wrote about my faith in healing,…
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When You Cannot Believe in Healing, I Can Hold That Faith for You
Part One of Two Dedicated to every person who, despite carrying so much suffering, found the courage to defy the voices within that told them not to bother, not to hope, not to try again—and reached out for a helping hand anyway. Sometimes people come to therapy after years, even decades, of suffering. Sometimes they…
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The Real Cost of Therapy: Money, Time and Emotional Energy
When people think about the cost of psychotherapy, understandably, they usually think first about money. And money matters. I am very aware of what it means for someone to pay for psychotherapy. I am a consumer too. I think carefully about where I put my money, what I value, and what I receive in return.…
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A Girl’s First Encounter with Death: The Night My Grandmother Died
I choose to write about my grandmother Matilde’s death because it marked me deeply, it changed me, really, and gave me gifts that I am still receiving. These gifts are not only ones I hold close to my heart, but ones I give freely to anyone willing to receive them, like the most precious flowers…
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Wisdom, Compassion, and Spirit: How I Integrate EMDR, IFS, and Clinical Hypnosis in Therapy
In my practice, healing is never one-size-fits-all. I draw from three powerful therapeutic approaches — EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Clinical Hypnosis — each offering something unique. EMDR helps us access and clear trauma with the body’s own wisdom, like gently shaking loose hidden dust from an old rug. IFS helps us meet our…
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The Trauma Castle: Unraveling the Fortress of Pain and Healing Through EMDR
In the world of trauma, we often find that one wound alone does not stand. Trauma has a way of building upon itself, layer upon layer, brick upon brick, until what might have begun as a “trauma house” grows into something larger, perhaps even a “trauma castle.” Each corner, each hidden room, is filled with…
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Ritual de Manifestation 2019 (Toronto): Creación y Alegría en Acción!
A pocos dias que el año 2018 acabe, millones de personas alrededor del mundo, se alistan para hacer sus sueños realidad en el 2019! Para que estos sueños se manifesten, una ligera plegaria no es suficiente. Necesitamos solemna y alegre concentración. Mejor aún, necesitamos acción enfocada! En la tradición Andina (Peru), nos preparamos para dar…
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Manifestation Ritual 2019 (Toronto): Creation and Joy In Action!
As the year 2018 draws to a close, millions of people around the world get ready to start making their dreams come true in 2019! In order to make our dreams come true, a light prayer doesn’t suffice. We need to be solemn, joyful, hopeful and with full concentration. Even better, we need focused action!…
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The Importance of Limbic Resonance
Dr Thomas Lewis, co-author of A General Theory of Love, posits that contact and connection, affect the physiology of human beings in regulatory ways (Lewis et al., 2000). Human beings are literally wired for connection through circuits located in the limbic system, the feeling part of the brain. Limbic resonance has been described by Dr Lewis…