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Category: Still Life: The Corona Diaries of an Existential Therapist.

Still Life: The Corona Diaries of an Existential Therapist.

Still(a)Life#35:Freedom is the luxury to reinvent.

Sometimes I learn more from my clients than they learn from me. This week a client was asking herself “What do we define as our greatest luxury?” Her answer to …

Still Life: The Corona Diaries of an Existential Therapist.

Still(a)Life#34:Invitation inward.

Today I was asked on radio “How are people dealing with all the uncertainty?” I don’t really have a straightforward answer to that. What I can say is that “uncertainty” …

Still Life: The Corona Diaries of an Existential Therapist.

Still(a)Life#33: Ships in the Night

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life we …

Still Life: The Corona Diaries of an Existential Therapist.

Still(a)Life#32: Letting Go

I came downstairs from my last session of the day to find Fiona sifting through a lifetime of photographs. She wanted to know how to decide what to keep and …

Still Life: The Corona Diaries of an Existential Therapist.

Still(a)Life#31: On Writing and Listening

It has been interesting to write for 30 continuous days. I find myself writing on most days but this writing is usually a bit more focused on things outside of …

Still Life: The Corona Diaries of an Existential Therapist.

Still(a)Life#30: Coming Out of Hiding

While we collected wild fermenting guavas off the driveway, Josh found the courage to start telling me things he has been experiencing lately. Somehow the shared task made it easier …

Still Life: The Corona Diaries of an Existential Therapist.

Still(a)Life#29: Conditional Arising

“Life is the sum of all our choices” said Camus. Today I spoke to a man about to make the biggest decision of his life. Rather, it is perhaps true …

Still Life: The Corona Diaries of an Existential Therapist.

Still(a)Life#28: The Plague

When I first started my practice in Johannesburg, I used to make sure that I was always wearing a good pair of shoes. I was young and needed to be …

Still Life: The Corona Diaries of an Existential Therapist.

Still(a)Life #27: “As your lover describes you, so you are”

“Through others, we become ourselves” said Vygotsky. As children, we develop cognitively and emotionally through interaction with our caregivers. This does not, however, end in childhood. As adults, the relationships …

Still Life: The Corona Diaries of an Existential Therapist.

Still(a)Life #26: A Rebellion Deep Inside

Compliance is, mostly, a good thing. It allows for cohesion. Over-compliance, however, risks hiding things. My son was distressed the other day and couldn’t get hold of me. He apparently …

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