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Paul Gordon on finding our feelings in therapy

“I suspect we could all tell a story similar to that told by the playwright David Hare recalling his childhood in post-war Britain:  ‘In the other half of our semi-detached lived a solicitor and his wife. She had perfectly mastered … Continue reading

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William James on Trust, the leap of faith and a new paradigm

“We can and we may, as it were, jump with both feet off the ground into or towards a world of which we trust the other parts to meet our jump – and only so can the making of a … Continue reading

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