This is the third of three essays.
Summer ’22 Essay 1
Summer ’22 Essay 2
Why So Sad? Encourage Self-help and Other Support Strategies
“People underestimate their own therapeutic powers…The most powerful buffer in times of stress and distress is our social connectedness…” —Bruce Perry
Key Concept: Being “well regulated”, being “dysregulated”, what that means & what we can do about it
October 1990.
My dad gives me the Beastie Boys album Paul’s Boutique for my 13th birthday. He passes it to me over the edge of his hospital bed.
“I’ll take you fishing this summer, John,” he promises. (more…)