Psychotherapy Notes — Choosing my own thoughts

A young man reveled in his new ability to focus once the attention deficit disorder was under control. He felt life had  a new dimension — he could attend to family matters, he could sit through a movie, he could even sit through a meal without feeling the need to go on to some other [...]

Psychotherapy Notes — The Difficult Part of Hard

What a great saying, “the difficult part of hard.” 
The patient entered treatment six months ago, suffering depression, repeated business failures, a lousy self-image, poor social interactions, and feeling rather hopeless. Looking at his cluster of symptoms, it was classic depression. He knew the process would be hard.  He responded nicely to medications, though it took [...]