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A Therapist’s Perspective on Self-Awareness and Healing

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Self-discovery, self-awareness, enlightenment… it all sounds like words you’d hear coming from the mouth of some guru in a sweat lodge somewhere in the east. It sounds like the “woo-woo” and “fru-fru” stuff we like to roll our eyes at. Really… what kind of value is there “looking inside” of ourselves. We’ve got real problems […]

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Why Do We Talk About Childhood in Therapy?

Sometimes therapists can be viewed as prying and digging people. And they seem to have a penchant for talking about our childhoods. For those who have had not-so-great childhood experiences, it can be distressing to revisit those memories. Perhaps there are past hurts, wounds, traumas, or mistakes that we want to avoid thinking about again.