Judith Blank: Coaching Intricate Minds
“There is a trait that the Polish psychologist and physician Kazimierz Dąbrowski called “psychomotor overexcitability.” People with this trait release emotional tension through movement in a way that may seem extreme to the more even-tempered. It is important to note, however, that this quality does not stem from a psychological disorder, but rather a healthy variation in the person’s neurological wiring. . . . . For the emotionally intense and the deep thinkers among your clients, it often makes sense to allow for a much longer duration of sessions due to their depth of processing. Regular-length sessions may make them feel like they were only able to ‘scratch the surface.’ Other implications, however, go beyond the how-tos and require a deeper understanding of the complex inner processes of gifted and highly sensitive individuals and their intricate minds.”
Intimate Relationships
“What is the nature of enduring love–and how do we find this type of love? Some valuable lessons are to be found in Love Lingers Here: Stories of Enduring Intimate Relationships. As the subtitle of the book implies, Love Lingers Here concerns enduring intimate relationships that exist in our mid-21st Century world. Most books about couples are written by those doing couples therapy and are based on the assumption that successful couples are doing whatever the couples in therapy are not doing (called “pathological extension”). Love Lingers Here is based instead on interviews with more than 70 couples who have been together for many years (averaging 20 plus years together).” This book is available For Free as a digital download.
New Perspectives on Interpersonal Relationships
Richard Lim: Quantum and Caring
“In quantum science understanding, nothing is an object with a clear boundary and discreet existence. Everything is interdependent and interconnected. We co-emerge with everything else. In the eastern Buddhist understanding, the self doesn’t exist as a separate entity. In reality, we are energy embodying into seemingly concrete forms and shapes. In psychotherapeutic engagement, we experience intersubjectivity. As most therapists would testify, the process of working with our clients is essentially a deeply relational experience. And we do encounter lots of inconsistencies and irregularities in our clients and ourselves. This appears to be a big problem if you regard a person as one self with consistency until we are open to consider that perhaps we are not just one “I” and our clients are not just one ‘you’.”
