"We may define therapy as a search for value."
~ Abraham Maslow
"You know I think that going into therapy is a very positive thing, and talking about it is really helpful, because the more you talk the more your fears fade, because you get it out."
~ Fran Drescher
"What a beautiful garbage dump therapy can be. Generations of psychic pollutants pour into therapy. The beauty of therapy survives them."
~ Michael Eigen, Psychic Deadness
"Only the wounded healer can truly heal."
~ Irvin Yalom, Lying on the Couch
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"In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?"
~ Carl Rogers
"Country music has always been the best shrink that 15 bucks can buy."
~ Dierks Bentley
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"Psychotherapy isn't what you think."
~ James Bugental
"Many women coming to therapy are already healthier than others who do not seek counseling. They want greater understanding of themselves and more personal growth." ~ Helen V. Collier, Counseling Women (1982)
~ Abraham Maslow
"You know I think that going into therapy is a very positive thing, and talking about it is really helpful, because the more you talk the more your fears fade, because you get it out."
~ Fran Drescher
"What a beautiful garbage dump therapy can be. Generations of psychic pollutants pour into therapy. The beauty of therapy survives them."
~ Michael Eigen, Psychic Deadness
"Only the wounded healer can truly heal."
~ Irvin Yalom, Lying on the Couch
---------- Post added at 08:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:19 PM ----------
"In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?"
~ Carl Rogers
"Country music has always been the best shrink that 15 bucks can buy."
~ Dierks Bentley
---------- Post added at 09:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:19 PM ----------
"Psychotherapy isn't what you think."
~ James Bugental
"Many women coming to therapy are already healthier than others who do not seek counseling. They want greater understanding of themselves and more personal growth." ~ Helen V. Collier, Counseling Women (1982)