"The minnow is that coming-in-to focus of a clue within a concentrated moment of awareness. Silvery minnow-moment, flash-gleaming in the depths, now seen, now gone...when crisis occurs the minnow voluntarily comes into view - to renew faith and give direction." - Morris Graves
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Image: Morris Graves, Minnow, 1955
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We all have losses and disappointments that are painful and difficult to think or to talk about. These often return, over and over, haunting us in our day to day lives. Instead of escaping those experiences, they reappear in many unexpected places, intruding on our relationships and life plans.
When we can reflect on, and talk about those experiences and the shame and guilt so often associated with them, we are better able to understand and make sense of the patterns that plague us. There can be a new-found freedom in recognizing our attachment to the needs and desires of those we felt compelled to please and to save. And in becoming less afraid of our own minds and our desire, we can forge a more conscious, satisfying and hopeful path.
I focus on your uniqueness and the issues you present and help you to expand your self awareness and to understand unsatisfying patterns and behaviors in interactions with yourself and others. Over the past 25 years, I have helped clients to address a wide range of issues, including grief and loss, depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, and the multi-layered impacts of trauma. I am particularly interested in the opportunities that loss gives us to explore ourselves in new ways.
When we can reflect on, and talk about those experiences and the shame and guilt so often associated with them, we are better able to understand and make sense of the patterns that plague us. There can be a new-found freedom in recognizing our attachment to the needs and desires of those we felt compelled to please and to save. And in becoming less afraid of our own minds and our desire, we can forge a more conscious, satisfying and hopeful path.
I focus on your uniqueness and the issues you present and help you to expand your self awareness and to understand unsatisfying patterns and behaviors in interactions with yourself and others. Over the past 25 years, I have helped clients to address a wide range of issues, including grief and loss, depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, and the multi-layered impacts of trauma. I am particularly interested in the opportunities that loss gives us to explore ourselves in new ways.