By: Suzanne Maiden Our dreams provide us with profound information – pregnant with meaning, dreams illuminate our emotional health. Dream data suggest what needs psychological excavation, examination, and healing. When a client needs access to difficult material they consciously resist dredging up, we explore their dreams. As Hall (1984) said, “The dream is to the psyche as an x-ray is to the body.” Oftentimes, new clients minimize and poo-poo […]
Self Care
Abusive Father
Dear Zanny,Hi, this is Annie from California. I have a very abusive relationship with my father. We usually don’t see middle ground on many things, but the worst thing is that whenever I disagree and provoke his temper, he explodes and abuses me either verbally and/or physically. My dad has called me hopeless, futile, pathetic, […]
SPANAIR DISASTER: An Insider’s Experience
By: Suzanne Maiden Another plane crash. One hundred-fifty-three are dead, and thousands begin to grieve. Broken hearts bleed as pieces of mangled bodies and bits of aircraft parts are “bagged and tagged” and carried off to a make-shift morgue. Unfortunately, I am a card carrying member of the ‘losing a loved one to an aviation […]
Body Disfigurement
by: Suzanne Maiden My body is no longer beautiful. I am disfigured. Cancer surgery to remove a fist-sized tumor that attached itself to my lower spine, hip, and back of my stomach muscle – left my body rearranged. What a humbling, deflating reality. My right hip is significantly bigger than my left because the surgeon stuffed […]
Addicted to a Lover
My God – the ecstasy and agony of love. Have you ever been addicted to a lover? How do you know? Have you ever felt your knees shake, your heart race, tongue-tied, or faint at the sight of them? Have you broken up and gotten back together – over and over again? If you can answer […]
Shannan’s Marital Issues
Listener email: Dear Zanny – I have listened since almost day one to the Divas and was so glad to hear you are doing this show… I value your advice! My background is a Bachelor of Science in Family Relations and Child Development. I worked counseling parents of disabled or delayed children birth to three […]