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How Do You Deal With So Much Suffering?
Recently, a young psychologist in supervision asked me a question that landed somewhere between the clinical and the existential. “How do you do it? How do you deal with suffering?” She had come into the supervision today already exhausted from work and burnt out. She wondered if she should be a therapist at all. Before we spoke about anything analytically, I invited her to slow down for a moment. We did a short Gendlin-like focusing exercise together: simply breathing, sen
Patric Esters
Mar 2010 min read


Therapeutic Reflections: The Linguistic Oasis in Therapy
#multilingualism #psychotherapy #internationals #thirdlanguage When two internationals meet and speak the same language in a foreign...
Patric Esters
Aug 1, 20243 min read


Therapeutic Reflections: On Diagnosing People
Psychotherapy has something clunky and something incredibly elegant about it. Clunky because the tools used to diagnose and treat people...
Patric Esters
Mar 31, 202414 min read


Unbreakable Human Spirit: Navigating Trauma and Loss Across History
Humanity's journey with trauma and loss is as old as civilization itself, with each era and culture offering unique insights into the art...
Patric Esters
Feb 22, 20249 min read


Therapeutic Reflections: Attachment in Internationals Part II
In an increasingly interconnected world, the number of individuals whose lives transcend geographical boundaries—expatriates, migrants,...
Patric Esters
Dec 31, 20238 min read


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