Rod’s Reviews > Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed > Status Update

... therapy as an existential experience of self-understanding, which is way therapists tailor the treatment to the individual rather than to the problem

In a state of perpetual distraction, they seemed to be losing the ability to be with others and losing their ability to be with themselves

Perhaps men apologize preemptively, by holding their tears back

the truth comes with a cost: the need to face reality

the unconscious has a finely tuned radar system inaccesible to the conscious mind.

it's only in silence that people can truly hear themselves

... in each conversation, we sprinkle seeds of curiosity, because therapy can't help people who aren't curious about themselves

People tend to dream without doing, death remaining theoretical.

I've always been drawn to stories -not just what happens, but how the story is told.

life happens and therapy helps us confront our demons when they pay a visit