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It has been a long minute

By Christina Lacey
Since the last time I wrote, much has happened.  Not only personally and professionally, but globally. I would like to reflect on these last two years of this pandemic from a therapists point of view.  I work through my private practice but also as an online counselor in NY.  So I have spoken with people from all over NYS before March of 2020 which was wonderful. People from the cities, the Adirondacks and the other parts of NY that are not so well known.  So when March of 2020 came I had some on line clients that had been with me and others that I would meet soon.  At first it was quiet, not many new clients coming in and my regulars were quiet too.  That only lasted about 2 weeks. It seemed like people needed to get a slight handle on things. What was going on. Stay home from work, work from home. The first few clients came in struggling with what was going on. I did not have any more information for them. I was in the dark too. The majority of these clients were coming from NYC.  As
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Tough Decisions

By Christina Lacey
What do you do when you have a big decision on your plate? How do you make the right choice? Pros and cons lists. Ok. Talking it out seriously with your partner. Ok. But what if you're really stuck? I'm interested to hear how others work through these situations.  Please share.
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Expectations

By Christina Lacey
For many of these posts I use my own experiences. I, like many others, create expectations that can be unrealistic. I am then disappointed. Why do we do this to ourselves? Our children have expectations of how things could be, having a great action packed summer, only to find mom and/or dad have to work and they are stuck at home or with a sitter. We expect a trip to be so wonderful but it rains, there are delays getting there. Why do we do this to ourselves? Is our expectation based on perception or our perception based on our expectations?  Perception, according to thefreedictionary.co m, is " the representation of what is   perceived ; basic component in the formation of a concept. percept, perceptual experience. internal representation, mental representation, representation - a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image".  What? Is this saying that we create an image in our mind that we internalize as the truth?  So should we create our expectation of an
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