Feeling Stuck? Break the Cycle By Thinking in New Directions
Almost without exception, people come to therapy to unstick things.
I love to hear people’s stories.
As a therapist, that’s the great privilege of the job. It’s also a huge responsibility.
Because helping people psychologically is not just about listening. It’s about providing a safe vessel for their stories and helping them make sense of them.
Every therapist has heard real life stories that are stranger and more heart-breaking than any fiction.
But, for me, the real intrigue lies in the way someone tells their story — how they position themselves as the lead character, where they place the other key players, how they mentally and emotionally interpret the events of their lives.
That’s the gold. And that’s the key to the way forward.
The stuck-est of the stuck
I worked with a young woman who described herself as “stuck”.
Actually I’ve worked with hundreds of people who’ve described themselves this way.
Arguably the most common reason people come to therapy is to unstick something — whether it is a mood, an emotion, a way of behaving, their energy, their…
