Toward the end of our session…at that span of time us therapists fondly call doorknob confession time… The client looked at me and said with words a bit unsure…a thread of insecurity in her tone… “I Like Me.” I purposely let the words hang in the room, allowing the echo to be absorbed. After months […]
Author: juliannejackson
I am a therapist at Family Counseling Services, a division of Lifelines Counseling Services in Mobile, Alabama.
The Cushioned Recliner of Silence…
What do you write when you have nothing to say?… What do you say when you have nothing to speak?… You don’t… Instead you honor this time of silence for the incredible teacher it can be. Be patient – the power of words does not conform to your schedule… it has its own timetable. Why […]
Laughter Heals…
Recently I was teaching a class. It was an evening class and it was getting late. Inadvertently I mixed up some of my words and began to giggle. Another began to chuckle in the class and the next thing I knew the whole room had erupted into laughter. And I am talking about that good old […]
Stronghold of Time…
What is your relationship with time? Are you racing against time?…behind the times?…biding one’s time?…wasting your time?…doing double time?…living for old time’s sake?…have no time to catch a breath?…having a hard time?…killing time?…living on borrowed time?…finishing in the nick of time?…pressed for time?…running out of time?…wanting to turn back time?… If time has become a […]
Peace Within…
Once there was a king who longed for a work of art to which he could awake each morning and that would inspire him with a deep sense of peace to begin his day in service to his kingdom. He contacted two artists and told them, “I am looking for a painting that will inspire […]
