Writing
These pieces are where I work out, in writing, what I do clinically. Most are for people considering or already in this kind of work; a few are written for clinicians and marked as such. There's no required order, but a few natural starting points are below.
How I use AI in this writing
A few starting places
What Is Depth EMDR? — for the work in one piece
When Understanding Isn't Enough — if you've been in therapy and feel stuck
On Spirituality in My Work — how I hold meaning-making in therapy, and how I don't
How to Use Therapy in the Age of AI — what each is for, and what only the human work can offer
Thoughts about intergenerational inheritance
I cried tears that I knew weren't only mine. Thoughts on inherited grief, the rituals that arise unbidden, and the dreams that come as bequest.
Talking to Someone Who Isn't There
Most people who do this call it "talking to myself" — and say it braced to be told it's a symptom. It's neither a symptom nor make-believe, but an old and ordinary faculty, and the only question that matters is whether it's an encounter or only an echo.