After some time most beginners become more comfortable as their self expands to fit their new role…The high art of psychotherapy requires that one be true to oneself (i.e. to one’s selves) while at the same time putting oneself at the disposal of another. - H. Schlesinger

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Keep an eye on the anxiety thermometer; too little makes for pleasant conversation but not much therapy, too much creates excessive discomfort for the patient. - Summers, Barber, & Zilcha-Mano (2024)

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The unconscious, the effect of early childhood on later experiences, internal conflict as a normal state of affairs, the complexities of attachment, phases of development, and the ubiquity of anxiety are ideas we practically find in our drinking water. - Summers, Barber, & Zilcha-Mano (2024)

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“The ability to say no to yourself, to be the authority to yourself and to say: ‘Look, this is wrong, I’m not going to go there.’…This is a bit of a lost art…To set limits on oneself.” - Donald Carveth ipaoffthecouch.org/2023/09/03/e...

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3/3 Anyone who has been through the process of putting together the combination of staying in role while not “playing” a role knows that integration takes years. - Nancy McWilliams

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