The Paralysis of Proximity đź”’ He sits across from me on a Tuesday evening in late October, laptop bag still slung across his chest like he might need to flee at any moment. Lyndon tells me he’s been staring at […]
Anxiety - Depression - Identity - In the Therapy Room - Lucian Blackwood
In the Therapy Room: Overcoming Paralyzing Indecision
By Lucian Blackwood The rain slashed against my office window like a knife across flesh, creating a staccato rhythm that matched the nervous tapping of Tristan’s foot. He sat across from me, a man in his mid-thirties, professionally dressed but […]
Families - In the Therapy Room - Monica Dean - Personal Development
In the Therapy Room: The Invisible Costs of People-Pleasing
I met Tessa in a cafĂ© near Spinningfields on a drizzly Tuesday afternoon. She’d been referred by a friend—though “referred” isn’t quite right. More like gently pushed in my direction after confessing she’d spent twenty minutes agonizing over which sandwich […]