Patricia Ivan- Contractions

  The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons  ~ Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead Lady of Shalott, Willi...

  ~ the truth shall set you free (Jesus) One of the most misleading bits of advice I've heard is that frequent, open, honest communicati...

progress not perfection ~anonymous In the language of my profession we talk about healing, as though emotional wounds were like wounds of th...

Research has shown that about five hours of EMDR treatment eliminates PTSD in 84 to 100 % of civilians with a single trauma experience inclu...

For lent I gave up ~anonymous They say to starve a fever and feed a cold, but I think we should starve any disease that wants to consume us....

There is a saying that goes, "Either you're right or you're in a relationship." I first came across it during Imago Therap...

  ~evil appears as good in the minds of  those whom gods lead to destruction ( Sophocles; Antigone)   In part one of this blog post, I shar...