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Therapist Notes: self-care for the therapist

Come in! Come in, settle down on the comfy couch, and let me pour you a cup of tea. Curl up under this snuggly blanket and let’s talk…

Nov 20, 2020

Therapist Notes: self-care for the therapist

Nov 20, 2020

Leslie Ann Costello

Therapist Notes: a bit personal today

I am trying to “lean in.” To “embrace the challenges.” To go through suffering and avoid avoidance.

Jun 30

Therapist Notes: a bit personal today

Jun 30

Leslie Ann Costello

Therapist Notes: Get Off the Couch

Body psychotherapy requires attention to the body, and the fastest way to bring a person’s attention to their somatic field is to move the…

Mar 15

Therapist Notes: Get Off the Couch

Mar 15

Leslie Ann Costello

Therapist Notes: client experience — right here, right now

We get so confused. We get lost in thinking about our feelings, so lost we forget how to feel them.

Mar 10

Therapist Notes: client experience — right here, right now

Mar 10

Leslie Ann Costello

Everyday Magic: when magic fails

Last night, I was wondering about walnuts and chocolate, so I threw some stuff in a saucepan to melt, then added some dry stuff and a…

May 22, 2023

Everyday Magic: when magic fails

May 22, 2023

Leslie Ann Costello

Therapist Notes: When the Client Says No

Trauma therapy is like a roller coaster, for both the client and the therapist. First, because the experience of trauma is likely to foster…

Mar 14, 2023

woman sitting on plastic chair in living room, looking out a large window, hugging her knees

Mar 14, 2023

Leslie Ann Costello

Therapist Notes: when being a therapist hurts

What happens when therapists find client suffering unbearable?

Sep 20, 2022

Therapist Notes: when being a therapist hurts

Sep 20, 2022

Leslie Ann Costello

Trauma is for everyone. And that’s not a bad thing. Except when it is.

Everyone has traumatic experiences. Our bodies are adapted to experience and survive traumatic things. Our species would not have survived…

Jun 21, 2022

Trauma is for everyone. And that’s not a bad thing. Except when it is.

Jun 21, 2022

Leslie Ann Costello

How to listen like an Emotional Support Animal

Emotional support animals have become more commonplace, to the degree that people often even know what you mean when you refer to them. ESA…

May 25, 2022

How to listen like an Emotional Support Animal

May 25, 2022

Leslie Ann Costello

No More “Ugly Cry” — A Bioenergetic Therapist Note

Stop!

Apr 23, 2022

No More “Ugly Cry” — A Bioenergetic Therapist Note

Apr 23, 2022

Leslie Ann Costello

Leslie Ann Costello

Psychologist and bioenergetic psychotherapist, writer. Occasional kitchen magician. Find my fiction under my pen name, Annie M. Ballard

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