by Snowman Therapist | Aug 2, 2011 | Thoughts
What’s A Calcaneus? Answer: the collection of bones that make up your heel. Near the end of May, I shattered that mighty construction that we all take for granted. Looking back on it, the only thing I feel slightly good about is that I wasn’t doing something foolhardy...
by Snowman Therapist | Jul 24, 2011 | Thoughts
IT’S NOT OUT THERE In the course of a lifetime, many experiences shape us. More specifically, certain experiences provide us with an opportunity to gain a new insight; a new idea or wisdom. Such an event occurred to me when I was in my early thirties. It was a...
by Snowman Therapist | Jul 18, 2011 | Behaviors, Thoughts
The Shaping of our Lives Twenty five years ago, Dr. Morris Massey produced and narrated a series of educational tapes which described the influence of certain cultural and historical events on any individual’s development. Massey referred to such a personal watershed...
by Snowman Therapist | Jun 14, 2011 | Behaviors, Feelings, Thoughts
Act as If……….. As my readers have learned by now, I’m a real movie fan. Like most aficionados of the silver screen, I have a few favorite actors. One of them is the recently deceased box office titan, Paul Newman. Paul was nominated for Oscars numerous times before...
by Snowman Therapist | Jun 1, 2011 | Behaviors, Thoughts
As my students and clients can attest, I generally explain that I consider myself to be a cognitive therapist. This simply means that I proceed from the stance that our thoughts dictate our actions, and our actions determine how we are feeling. This view is the...
