by Michael | Apr 27, 2015 | Michael's blogs
“Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly” G.K. Chesterton Picture of Dr Steven M Sultanoff www.mirthmatters.com Last week, I blogged about the importance of play and absurdity in the clinical setting. This week, I’ll...
by Michael | Apr 21, 2015 | Michael's blogs
‘I had come looking for an experience but left with only an explanation.’ Mark Epstein, Going to Pieces without Falling Apart I recently came across a fascinating article on the importance of play, creativity, mindfulness and spontaneity, by...
by Michael | Jan 19, 2015 | Michael's blogs
Yes, yes, I know. Recombobulation is not a word. And you are wondering where part 3 is … On balance, my more than 17 years in Australia has been a sheer delight and a joy and I continually consider myself blessed to live in a country where everything just runs...
by Michael | Dec 3, 2014 | Michael's blogs
As a beginning to Part 2, I want to quote from one of the most eloquent and articulate writings on immigration – from a chapter from “The Brain That Changes Itself” (Norman Doidge), and the sub-chapter is called ‘The Culturally Modified...
by Michael | Nov 28, 2014 | Michael's blogs, Uncategorized
The following vignette is about my family’s first emigration, from South Africa to Israel, August 1988, and is written in 2 parts. I remember our family’s arrival at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, the excitement, the hope, the curiosity and the...
by Michael | Nov 7, 2014 | Michael's blogs
I return again to who I am as a therapist, and what is it that I do? I recently read something but do not have a the author’s name or reference to properly attribute his/her exquisite and prescient words. “She spoke explicitly of her vocation, and of yours...
