Living with
Sucess
Success is in the eye of the beholder. Others
looking in from the
outside of your life see the signs and signals - a new car or
two,
a house. The externals become a measuring rod.
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The Life and
Times of a Relationship
Taking a relationship through time means growing
through the same developmental tasks we traverse as
individuals. A relationship has a life of its own and the
single most telling factor in its dynamic is trust.
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Bridging the
Gap
None of us lives our life in a vacuum. Most of us divide our
lives, keeping some of it for ourselves and sharing a greater or
lesser part with others.
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The Alchemy of Risk Taking
Studies in Transformation
Risk taking comes in many forms. A life without it is dry. Risk
taking is the chance one takes with no guarantee of the outcome.
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The Alchemy of Risk Taking
The Case of Andrea
Andrea was an attractive and self possessed young
woman in her thirties, married to an Italian banker...
She was drained of motivation.
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The Alchemy of Risk Taking
Bold Strokes for Older Folks
When I first facilitated a risk taking group, one participant
asked what was the point.
"Life presents risks every day," he said. "Anything can happen
and does; accident, illness, money troubles. Why go looking for
it?"
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Transforming
Dysfunctional Families
Managing Dilemmas
When you feel that you can't win for losing, when each
potential solution generates another problem, you are in
the throes of a dilemma.
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Artificial
Insemination...
...and other contemporary lifestyle choices
When Louise's daughter Jane got a divorce from her perfectly
nice husband, Louise felt deeply sad and disappointed, but was
eventually consolable.
"That's life in these times", she conceded.
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Truth and Consequences
The character of public and private behavior
The truth isn't all it's cracked up to be.
It's hard to tell, because the results are often punitive.
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Money and Sex
Money and sex are the two hot buttons in any committed
relationship.
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Illness in the Family
I recently took a workshop dealing with the effects of serious
illness on the family.
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Teenager Aboard
Sonya is in her late 40's, maybe fifty.
She has a presence in the room - tall and commanding. Sonya has
come to therapy as a court of last resort.
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