by snowmantherapy | Oct 31, 2023 | Thoughts
“Trauma creates change you don’t choose. Healing is about creating change you do choose.” –Michelle Rosenthal For a long time, I have been working with a young, retired US Army enlisted man. My client served in Iraq, and his experiences overseas continue...
by snowmantherapy | Oct 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
Discipline is helping a child solve a problem. Punishment is making a child suffer for having a problem. During a recent counseling session with a new couple,...
by snowmantherapy | Jun 27, 2023 | Thoughts
Over my years as a counselor, much of my professional life has been spent in dealing with those suffering from some form of negative addiction. These present in various ways: alcohol, gambling, or other drugs. We can harm ourselves with food, compulsive shopping,...
by snowmantherapy | Nov 22, 2022 | Thoughts
To be human is to have a collection of memories that tells you who you are and how you got there. Baldwin A few days ago, I had the chance to spend some time with our son. He has a demanding career and a family of his own, so our opportunities for relaxed,...
by snowmantherapy | Sep 20, 2022 | Behaviors
He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. Harold Wilson In the middle of a meeting today, my client’s seemingly casual remark led me to ask an apparently irrelevant question. I...
