As a therapist, I am a companion. I try to help people tune into their own wisdom.

As a therapist, I am a companion. I try to help people tune into their own wisdom.

I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt.

I give life to that which I notice. What I don't notice dies.

Negotiating the adolescent stage is neither quick nor easy. . . . I have often said to parents, "If it isn't illegal, immoral, orfattening, give it your blessing." We do much better . . . if we find and support all the places we can appropriately say yes, and say only the no's that really matter.

We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.

We need to see ourselves as basic miracles.