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Finding Resilience During Covid-19 December 21, 2020 . No Comments
by Kendall Coffman, Marriage and Family Therapist Finding Resilience During Covid-19 We as a community have been exposed to increasingly difficult cultural and global crises. What we can ... Read More
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Narrative Therapy Tactics to Affirm Gender Identity and Expression August 22, 2017 . 2 Comments
Sophia Dembling wrote, “One of the risks of being quiet is that the other people can fill your silence with their own interpretation: You’re bored. You’re depressed. You’re shy. ... Read More
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What Lies Beneath: The Hidden Stories Behind Your Actions January 19, 2017 . 7 Comments
In my work as a therapist, I have learned that every action taken by a person matters. It speaks to who the person desires to be and what they want for their life. Entering therapy sessions ... Read More
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Narrative Therapy: Developing a Richer Story of Your Life May 18, 2016 . 9 Comments
When we struggle in life, it is often as a result of factors outside our control. Nonetheless, it is easy to assign self-blame and to begin to identify with problematic stories about who ... Read More
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4 Characteristics That Shape Your Therapist’s Identity April 18, 2016 . 15 Comments
Do you know what type of therapist you are seeing or are about to see? Not all therapists are the same—they have different perspectives and training. Therapists need to know what motivates ... Read More
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Shifting Identities: Why Your Experiences Don’t Define You June 19, 2015 . 10 Comments
Rachel Dolezal, a Caucasian woman, has dominated recent news with her assertion that she identifies as black. Like many people, I was initially perplexed about why someone would choose ... Read More
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The Externalization of Trauma: A View of PTSD Symptoms as Healthy December 7, 2011 . 6 Comments
Individuals who are “symptomatic” of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may seem sick, crazy, or irrational. They might appear dissociative, clinically depressed, anxious, highly ... Read More
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Independent Thinking and Its Effect on Mental Health through Narratives September 21, 2011 . 5 Comments
Narrative psychotherapy is commonly used to aid people with difficult life transitions, trauma and other psychological issues. A recent study, conducted by Jonathan M. Adler of the Franklin ... Read More
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The Use of Reauthoring and Therapeutic Letters in Narrative Therapy: Case Study with Peter February 2, 2010 . 1 Comment
In The Use of Scaffolding Map in Narrative Therapy I documented my first meeting with Peter, a boy who’d experienced anger and sadness after he was exposed to domestic violence in ... Read More
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New Year’s Resolutions: Finding the Message Behind the Motivation January 4, 2010 . 3 Comments
New Year’s resolutions can be expressions of hope. They convey a commitment to a change of action, attitude, or behavior. Yet resolutions are often singular accounts that hold messages ... Read More
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The Scaffolding Map in Narrative Therapy: Case Study with Peter December 22, 2009 . 1 Comment
I had the recent pleasure of meeting an 11-year-old boy who came to my private practice. Peter’s father referred his son to me because the boy had shown signs of melancholy and anger. Peter’s ... Read More
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Narrative Couples Therapy: The Power of Externalization December 2, 2009 . 6 Comments
The practices of narrative therapy often challenge simple explanations of objective truth. Our lives are seen as multi-storied, rich with details and diverse experiences. In narrative ... Read More