by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Mar 2, 2018 | Article, Existing posts
My two kids have always had a competitive and contentious relationship. Now that they are teens, this friction often expresses itself as fierce disagreement on social and political issues. As the wider culture has grown increasingly polarized, so had our dinnertime...
by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Dec 27, 2017 | Existing posts, Uncategorized
When Carl Jung was a 12-year-old schoolboy, he was shoved to the ground by another child, hitting his head on the pavement, and nearly losing consciousness. Instantly, he grasped the opportunities created by this attack. At the moment I felt the blow, the thought...
by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Dec 15, 2017 | Article, Existing posts
I had a conversation with a mother in my practice this week that brought up something important. As usual, I tried to find a fairy tale that captured the essence of what this mother was struggling with. The right tale did come to mind – it’s a 12th century French...
by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Dec 7, 2017 | Article, Existing posts
I am always a little surprised when a mother tells me with great shame and in great secrecy that she finds she doesn’t particularly like her child. Of course we don’t always like our children! It seems there is too much secrecy around this fact, and greater acceptance...
by Lisa Marchiano, LCSW | Nov 30, 2017 | Article, Existing posts
When my client Rose was around nine or ten years old, she and her family were camping. With her parents’ permission, Rose set off on a walk through to woods to join up with friends at the lake. Rose remembers being suddenly startled by a large black bear rearing up in...
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