Have you read the book The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients (P.S.) (link affiliate) by Irvin Yalom? I loved this book because it has so many wonderful gems of therapeutic wisdom. Four nuggets of advice you may appreciate: Be Authentic and Admit to Mistakes When you […]
20 Motivational Quotes for Job Seekers
Could you use a little encouragement as you are looking for a job or contemplating a career change? I think that we could all use that from time to time… To that end, I put together a list of twenty quotations that you may find helpful. My hope is that reading them will remind you […]
Gestalt Therapy and Dream Analysis
Have you ever wondered what your dreams mean? Today, I will share with you what I learned in my class on Gestalt therapy and the interpretation of dreams. I found this topic to be particularly fascinating. Below is a brief video clip in which Fritz Perls, the father of Gestalt therapy, is explaining the process […]
Don’t Put All Your Eggs Into One Basket
If there is one key lesson that I learned since my last job search post, it is that one should not put all of one’s eggs into one basket… Why am I saying this? Because I made this faux pas. To backtrack, a contact had kindly let me know that a clinical position had opened […]
Social Work Vs. Psychology and a Taste of Hypnotherapy
Ari Hahn, LCSW, is an experienced mental health professional who has been trained as both a social worker and a psychologist. In addition to having a private practice, Ari teaches psychology at TCI College of Technology in New York. I had the pleasure of interviewing Ari this week. In this interview, Ari clarifies the main differences […]
