Counseling Examples
The following counseling examples demonstrate how Green Psychology shows up in a therapeutic setting. These vignettes and examples illustrate how Green Psychology and Perceptual Language can be used, but there are as many possible applications of Perceptual Language as there are therapists, because each one of us will use this language to complement how we already work.
What is Great Therapy?
Thursday, September 15th, 2011Have you been, or are you currently in therapy? Did you get, or are you getting what you want out of therapy? What makes for great therapy? I’ll [...]
How We Become Whole
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011Every day I acknowledge my gratitude toward John Weir, our mentor and founder of percept language, who passed away in 2006. A few days ago, I was considering [...]
Changing Core Beliefs
Thursday, January 27th, 2011I’ll tell you a secret about therapists. From time to time we wonder if people, even ourselves, can truly change our core beliefs. We witness a 54-year-old woman [...]
A conversation—What is kindness?
Monday, January 10th, 2011We recently had a gathering at our home and a group of us watched the movie Crash. One part of the story includes two brothers and their mother. [...]
Therapy Retreats
Thursday, January 6th, 2011Therapy retreats (good ones) may be more effective than weekly therapy sessions in bringing about personal growth and development. By participating in a high quality, week-long or longer [...]
A conversation—What happens when I lose my identity?
Saturday, November 20th, 2010After years of being quite successful, my life has taken many twists and turns, and I find myself in a very difficult place. I’m trying to determine if [...]
A conversation about life—with and after—cancer.
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010I’m curious to speak with you about life after cancer. After you first learned about your cancer, my perception is that you began to live more fully than [...]
A conversation about passive aggressive communication
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010Jake, I anger myself with some recent passive aggressive communication. This has to do with a project I am working on, actually volunteering, and it is a [...]
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