Moonlight on the Ōyodo RiverDances same as moonlight on any morningOn any waterThe early cold, breath becomes fogAnd disappears Footsteps on the Ōyodo RiverFall same as footsteps on any eveningOn any pathThe late warmth, day becomes nightAnd disappears The sounds of the Ōyodo RiverFlow same as sounds on any dayOn any riverThe midday heat, sweat […]
Back to Bookishness Among other things, 2024 has been a year of professional accomplishments for me. I graduated with my MA in Counseling Psychology in July, and my Associate Marriage and Family Therapist license was issued in August. After deciding to become a psychotherapist four years ago, I can now celebrate having turned that dream […]
Summary: Laura van Dernoot Lipsky’s Trauma Stewardship seeks to support helping professionals in their efforts to address and cope with the effects of “secondary” or “vicarious” trauma. Lipsky argues that the “trauma exposure response” often experienced by helping professionals is neither well understood nor properly dealt with by many individuals and organizations. As a result, the helping […]
Disclosure: I received a free copy of this novel from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Paul Cody’s Walk the Dark is a slow, strange novel that unfolds through two alternating sequences. The protagonist and narrator, Oliver Curtain, tells his life story via a series of chronological flashbacks, starting from early childhood and terminating in late […]