I need help finding resources for free/cheap therapy in Pittsburgh. I'm a 23 year old female who suffers on/off from depression, anxiety and pretty much non-existent self-esteem. This past month has been particularly hard and a recent break-up has proven to me that I can't do it on my own. I'm reall...

Holiday plans are getting a bit clearer. I talked about it in my own therapy this morning, and Chris said that actually she wasn't planning to work that week either. So we'd have a break from therapy anyway. Which means I now have an uninterrupted week to run free around the UK! :^) I'm planning to ...

I completely spaced on writing this in January. Which probably tells you how long it's been since I had a period, too. February was maybe made of too much stress, being sick, and settling for my body to get there? I have to say there is something truly relaxing and wonderful about not having even on...

Daniel Siegel: A System's View of Disintegration & Integration (He's still cute, he's still brilliant, he speaks in easy-to-remember aphorisms and he's still heartful. What's not to like?) "Integration is the linking of differentiated parts. The concept is useful for ass...

I am Bloodhound hear me howl! Or, something like that. I went to a farm forum yesterday and learned about the state of farming in Ohio. I think Ohio is returning to it’s agricultural roots. We are becoming the Green Belt, and I welcome that change. You have my permission to snicker at corn fie...

Since Greg welcomed me aboard BHB last week, ideas have been racing through my head.  What would I write about first? CRM execution tactics? Too predictable. Skinned cats? I’ll leave that to my favorite cat skinner. Then it occurred to me last night:  why not dive right in with an example of...

Day 1: Bessel van der Kolk is lovely. He's humble, he's funny, and he is the premiere researcher on the neurobiology and/or efficacy of trauma treatments in the world. And cute and brilliant, of course. Here are nearly random gems from 3 hours of notes: With trauma, there are no stories, onl...

Thank you to all the people who emailed me to assure me you also have weird vague half-memories and that my poor oatmeal brain can stop rotting if I do crosswords. Even if you're just saying it to be nice, I still appreciate it. Jane M. wrote: I choose not to think that the gray matter is dying. I c...

Thank you to all the people who emailed me to assure me you also have weird vague half-memories and that my poor oatmeal brain can stop rotting if I do crosswords. Even if you're just saying it to be nice, I still appreciate it. Jane M. wrote: I choose not to think that the gray matter is dying. I c...

another live blog from the career management conference! glenn olien works in employment/career counselling in the construction industry warning: aptly, since this is about chaos theory in counselling, these notes will be somewhat chaotic, more than the two live blogs before. kind of like twitter on...