Resilience

Yesterday was the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. I of course recognized the date, and knew it was coming around again. What I was not prepared for was 6 years later the day still would have profound emotional attachment for me. When I left home early yesterday morning I’d quickly wondered what holiday it was [...]

As a clinical psychologist, which is what I do most of the time, I am, as one might suspect, concerned about resilience. It is one of the main factors in determining “who gets better and who doesn’t,” who makes progress in therapy, and who doesn’t. But I learned about resilience long before I became a [...]