THE THERAPY Coming to therapy is a responsible act.  It means taking charge of our lives.  We all want to function better  -  intellectually, sexually, socially, emotionally, physically, spiritually. Ask people why they come to therapy:  some want to be happier; some wish to feel more in control; others want to use therapy as a vehicle for personal growth, maturity or deepening. Most of us can lose our boundaries and blur our sense of self.  The pressures of the modern world overwhelm and overstimulate us.  They lure us away from a connection to ourselves, our families, communities and natural environment.  The consequence is anxiety, depression and stress in their many forms. Changes come when we meet new challenges.  I believe a therapist is not there to impose 'advice', to pass judgment or produce a 'helpful' label or diagnosis, but to challenge the person to make changes towards a more satisfying life.

We are changing and transforming constantly from the instant of conception until we die.  The task for us is to learn how to influence who we are in our constant changing.  We do this by paying close attention to ourselves, by handling ourselves lovingly and deciding to live with self-acceptance and compassion.

I'm not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.  (Fritz Perls) If Jacob the cobbler can't be as wise as Solomon, as great as Moses, as brave as David facing Goliath, or as humble as Isaac, then that is not so terrible.  But if Jacob the cobbler can't be Jacob the cobbler, then that is indeed a tragedy.  (Anon) Loving someone is the willingness to educate them as to who you are and what you want.   (Stanley Keleman) When at first you don't succeed never try again at least not in the same way (Patrick Macdonald)

These pictures are taken from the work of Mark Rothko, born Marcus Rothkowitz in Russia in 1903 to a Lithuanian Jewish father and a Prussian Jewish mother.  He worked with colour relationships to imbue his paintings with the tragedy of the human condition.  He wrote, 'The most important tool the artist fashions through constant practice is faith in his ability to produce miracles when they are needed.  [For the artist, the picture must be] as for anyone experiencing it later, a revelation, an unexpected and unprecedented resolution of an entirely familiar need.'

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