Do modern approaches to therapy rely too heavily on external tools and imagined supports to guide clients through their pain? What if the true healing potential lies not in these resources, but in our ability to stay fully present and attuned to them in the here-and-now?

What if your loftiest of values, as noble as they are, fail to guide you when emotions are at their peak? Could it be that we get in our own way when we aspire to be more?

When our view of self is in any way contingent on our success in the world, are we able freely choose to do anything at all?

Mastery of ourselves, others, and the world around us may feel like the way toward stability. But the process of gaining such control undermines they very ground we seek.

When the endpoint of our lives is functioning, fitting in, or otherwise not having needs; our inner worlds can only be symptoms. The moment we begin to see our symptoms as gifts is the only moment we can experience true healing...