by Phyllis Leavitt | Feb 20, 2023 | #Psyche&Soul
Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries once said, “We imagine a world with no prisons and then we create that world.” I love that quote. I’ve repeated it to other people and the response is almost always the same—”Wouldn’t that be nice, but it will never... 
by Phyllis Leavitt | Feb 18, 2023 | #Psyche&Soul
It took me decades to begin remembering childhood abuse. One of the first memories came in a drawing I made in a workshop of me lying on my back and a scream coming out of my mouth. It was a shocking picture, and I knew there was a real scream there, the way you just... 
by Phyllis Leavitt | Feb 18, 2023 | #Psyche&Soul
Two of my most profound experiences as a therapist were with people who I thought at the outset were the least likely to be in therapy at all. One was a man whose wife was about to leave him because she was starving for more emotional connection, and he was desperate...