And just like that another decade begins. This year we wish you the ever more important challenge of getting closer to consciousness. As we deepen our practice of mindfulness and truth-searching, whether in psychotherapy or through the dedication of self analysis or other development practices,...
“As tough as it is, depression can be dealt with in a paradoxical way. See it as a visitor, perhaps an unwelcome one, but one who is visiting whether you like it or not. Make a place for your guest. Invite your depression to pull...
Reading books to support your healing journey is important whether or not you are engaged in a psychotherapy process or not. Books can help us through those times when we feel stuck or uninspired and they can certainly help us find the way when the...
There is a problem, a serious cultural problem about solitude. Being alone in our present society raises an important question about identity and well-being. In the first place, and rather urgently, the question needs to be asked. And then-possibly, tentatively, over a longer period of...
Developing the capacity to be alone and to face with courage our internal world, whatever we may find there, is a developmental process towards maturity and strength. Therapy can help us develop this capacity to think and process what we may find too painful or...
Over the years in our therapy practice in Berlin we have come across colluding and colliding tales of pain and suffering, presenting themselves in the repeating questions and the various emotional dilemmas that surface again and again. Perhaps you will find yourself in the words...
How free are we really when it comes to our romantic partnerships? This School of Life video addresses a theme that is central to the self-exploration work I assist clients to do as an English-speaking therapist. Together we examine and work on how our psychological history...
Happy 2018 from The Primrose Practice! To all of the uprooted souls, dreamers, fellow sufferers, members of this complicated human species, as well as all of the other species that we have the joy of sharing this planet with, we wish you another year of...
In our therapy practice in Berlin we often recommend books that can support people on their therapeutic journey. If you are on a therapeutic journey of self discovery, looking for an english speaking therapist in Berlin or just living in Berlin and looking for resources...
The Examined Life: How we Lose and Find Ourselves- Stephen Grosz The Body Keeps the Score-Bessel Van de Kolk A General Theory of Love-Thomas Lewis and Fari Amini The Drama of the Gifted Child-Alice Miller The Art of Loving-Eric Fromm Source: The Primrose Practice: Therapy...