Tag Archives: therapy

Enough

Posted on March 16, 2024 by msw blog

I have a person I would consider my best friend, almost a sister. However, I’m noticing over the last few years that I am the person she complains to — understandable, she has a terrible husband and job — which … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Family Boundaries

Posted on March 9, 2024 by msw blog

 My son revealed to me that years ago, an older male family member propositioned him to have sex. This apparently took place at a holiday dinner where some heavy drinking had occurred (which was not unusual), and after his father … Continue reading →

Posted in Clinical Supervision, Reading | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Tough Conversations

Posted on February 28, 2024 by msw blog

My brother has been incarcerated for several years for drug offenses. This has been extremely painful for our entire family, but I love him and try to keep in touch with him. My wife and I have two children, ages … Continue reading →

Posted in Clinical Supervision, Reading | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Help is on the Way

Posted on February 16, 2024 by msw blog

 Due to a variety of events (pandemic, birth of twins, moved twice in the past two years with said twins, etc.), my anxiety has really gotten out of control. I have been self-medicating in different ways to push it away … Continue reading →

Posted in Clinical Supervision, Reading | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Growth Through Grief

Posted on January 9, 2024 by msw blog

 “Tonkin argues that grief is never really finished, so much as a bereaved person grows around their grief; not that the hole the loss created is ever entirely filled, so much as other things take up space around it so … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments