I have often told people I’m training that one of my goals is to put myself out of business. As a specialist in trauma, I work with survivors of the worst that humans can do to one another. And thus in my optimistic heart I try to imagine a day when the supply of work… Read more »
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Unpredictable
So, to the Big Island of Hawai’i I went in March. Spent hours every day in front of the computer, looking out over the ocean and the tide pools at Kapoho, writing until my fingers hurt. When I returned to Seattle at the end of the month I had most of a book done. I… Read more »
On not paying prices
My process as a writer is a bit like a pregnancy. My brain gets fertilized with an idea, often something that enough of my clients are talking about that I am pointed by them in a particular direction. Then the idea grows and gestates; I walk to work turning concepts over in my head. I… Read more »
Healing in the hard places
I recently spent the weekend at the annual conference of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, where I was pleased to receive the status of Fellow of the Society for the work I’ve been doing in my professional career. It was one of those conferences where I wasn’t presenting, and so… Read more »
On not quitting the day job
Among the workshops I’ll be giving at the convention of the American Psychological Association in August is one based on a book chapter I published last year, titled On not quitting my day job. It’s a very personal reflection on the process of moving through a difficult passage in both personal and professional life at… Read more »
Harvest season: Deepening the exploration of self-care for therapists and caregivers
“There is no market for a book like this.” So spoke one of my publishers back in 2010 when I first began to attempt to get Your Turn out into the world. Now, each month, the monthly report from Amazon comes in, and someone is buying a book at least once every day or so…. Read more »
Now available for purchase – Your turn for care: Surviving the aging and death of the adults who harmed you
I’m very pleased to announce that Your turn for care: Surviving the aging and death of the adults who harmed you is now available for purchase. You can still read or listen to the first chapter for free. If you’ve done that and liked what you learned, you can now buy the entire book. I’ll… Read more »