A psychotherapist explains how to turn an existential threat into a spiritual opportunity — A recent patient of mine, himself a medical specialist, came into a session (before lockdown) in pieces. He was beside himself, broken down, distraught, and sobbing. He was immersed in worst-case catastrophizing and fully suffering the consequences. (I’ve done this myself, and it must be one of the worst feelings…

Making your relationship work and last “For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.” — Rainer Maria Rilke Amy arrived for her first psychotherapy…