Category: Psychotherapy
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Gratitude, Mental Health, and Climate Change
Today I listened to part of a broadcast discussion of new research from Stanford University regarding accelerating climate change. The study found a strong likelihood that heat waves, such as we endured last week, will become increasingly common over the next thirty years. Indeed, one finding was that extreme heatwaves, events that now occur about…
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Ritual and Psychotherapy
It’s nearly Midsummer and the days are bright and warm, sometimes hot. The birds greet the sun early, then quieten. Increasingly, territories are left undefended. The great round of the seasons is at its zenith. Every few days rain arrives, often carried within thunderstorms. Seasons ritualize our lives, mirroring the human lifespan. We speak of…
