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Dr Kaye Gersch PhD
retired psychoanalytic psychotherapist | clinical supervisor | couples therapist


Cabin Fever Couples; from the Couples Institute
Cabin Fever Couples find themselves being work–chore–parenting–schooling–health–mates.
This post is about growing through adversity. It arose from COVID lockdowns, but can be applied in many situations.


Femininity Lost and Regained
<p>mediumcenter Buy this book via Book Depositoryhttps://www.bookdepository.com/Femininity-Lost-Regained-Robert-Johnson/9780060920630centerlefttheme3 Heading Femininity Lost and Regained. By Robert Johnson. obert A Johnson (May 26th 1921-September 12th 2018) was an American<span class="excerpt-hellip"> […]</span></p>


Maps of Meaning
How do we arrive at meaning? How do we make sense of things? Jordan B. Peterson gives us the signposts that culture has relied upon to create and describe a meaningful existence.


Marion Woodman: Dancing in the Flames.
I pause to consider the contribution of Canadian Jungian Analyst, Marion Woodman.
Marion Jean Woodman (1928–2018) made an immense contribution to our personal and collective lives. Her special concern was the feminine, which she illuminated from her own female perspective.


Flow
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Tell Me No Lies
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It Takes One to Tango
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The Soul of Sex
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The Body Keeps the Score
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Activate Your Female Power
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She wants sex but you don't?
If she wants sex but you don’t, and the other way around, we are talking about desire discrepancy in your relationship. You will be upset. And inevitably your partner will be upset. This is normal! It is also a complex issue, but let’s begin…


Talk Less, Listen More
Solutions for Children’s Difficult Behaviour by Michael Hawton.
Having parenting difficulties? Who doesn’t! I once read that parenting is where our trust in our own ability and skill is tested the most. We are faced daily with the potential to fail. I have recommended this book to worried and harried parents countless times since it was published in 2013. It will reduce your failure-potential exponentially and increase your parenting skills and your enjoyment of your childre


Hear me out! The art of speaking and listening.
I have written “Hear me out! The art of speaking and listening,” because this is the skill that will make a big difference to all your relationships.


How to talk about writing
Do you know someone who writes? A partner, children, students? Do you struggle to know what to say and how to say it? Are you yourself lost for words in your desire to respond meaningfully? Go no further – here is your definitive guide to the art of talking about writing.


Swamplands of the Soul
Swamplands of the Soul explores the quicksands where we have all floundered. It lights a beacon by showing what they mean in terms of our individual journey and the engendering of soul. For it is precisely where we encounter the gravitas of life that we also uncover its purpose, its dignity and its deepest meaning.


The Middle Passage
The Middle Passage presents us with an opportunity to re-examine our lives and to ask: “Who am I apart from my history and the roles I have played?” It is an occasion for redefining and reorienting the personality, a necessary rite of passage between the extended adolescence of the first adulthood and our inevitable appointment with old age and mortality.


Creating a Life
Creating a Life is about individuation, the supreme task of life. It is a profound commentary on the importance of the examined life, illustrating how we may arrive at an understanding of our life choices and relationships by exploring our core complexes and personal history.


Start Where You Are
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Standing at the Edge
This book weaves together scientific information and Roshi Joan’s own powerful personal experiences as a social activist and humanitarian to show how we can transform our biggest challenges with compassion and wisdom.


Miss Garnet’s Angel
If you haven’t read anything by Sally Vickers yet, start with Miss Garnet’s Angel. I myself have read it three times, and not always on aeroplanes! I’d love to hear your experience of reading this book. Intrigued?
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