Many moons ago, when I was doing my internship as a therapist, something a wise professor of mine said hit home. He was referring to a story about an interview with a 90+-year-old famous therapist, who when asked, “In your 50+ years of being a therapist, how would you sum up what you see as the number one problem people present in sessions?’  His answer:  “They’re too darn hard on themselves.”   Having been a therapist myself for over two decades now, I’d have to agree wholeheartedly with that assessment. I’d say that no matter what the ‘presenting problem’ may be with a single client, when we dig a little deeper, we inevitably arrive at a poor sense of self and […]