Therapist Musings – Learning to Swim
Over the course of their careers, therapists will amass a collection of metaphors, proverbs, or words of encouragement that we prefer and pull out on a regular basis. One of my favourites to use, and one that has probably stuck with the most of my clients, is: “You can’t learn how to swim while you’re…
Therapist Musings – The Rubber Band Metaphor
“Comparison is the thief of joy.” It’s an old adage but its longevity may be due, not only to its truth, but also at least in part to its broad applicability. Most people make comparisons of something they feel they lack to something of someone else’s that they feel is in abundance. Or, they may…
Therapist Musings – Subjective Reality
As a preface to this post, I should say that I don’t like to refer to the people I work with in therapy as patients or clients. Patient is typically associated with a medical context and we have free healthcare here in Canada, so client doesn’t make sense for that. However, I don’t use client…
