Quotes About Therapy

I've been so thoroughly incorporated into the California culture that I practice meditation and go to a therapist, even though I always set a trap: during my meditation I invent stories to keep from being bored, and in therapy I invent stories to keep from boring the psychologist.

Como dissera o terapeuta, havia tristeza na vida do Willie e na minha, embora não fosse um sentimento paralisante, mas antes a consciência das perdas e das dificuldades que dão cor à vida.

Sadness, my enemy, is gaining ground, Ingrid. At this rate in the years I have left I'm going to turn into a hermit.' 'That would be death in life, Victor. Do as I do. Don't wait to defend yourself against that enemy, go out and confront it. It took me years in therapy to learn that.' 'What reasons do you have to be sad, child?' 'That's what my husband asks me. I don't know, Victor, I suppose you don't need reasons; it's part of your nature.

Me encierro en el baño, me doy una ducha fría y recito el repertorio completo de mis palabrotas, y enseguidame voy a pasar unas horas haciendo collares en el taller de Tabra. Fue muy útil la terapia. Gracias a eso y a la escritura sobreviví a variadas pruebas, aunque no siempre salí airosa, y se salvó mi amor con Willie. Elmelodrama familiar continuó, por fortuna, porque si no ¿de qué diablos iba yo aescribir?

Positive psychology is not remotely intended to replace therapy or pharmacology. So when depressed, anxious or in panic or post-traumatic stress disorder, I am all for therapies that will work. Positive psychology is another arrow in the quiver of public policy and psychology through which we can raise wellbeing above zero.

We did 'The Conversation' on the Zeus network because we already are on TV and we felt like us being our own therapists could work. We tried it. We just gave it a shot since we already on blast and everybody creating their own stories about what they see. Just tried to give it a shot. Did it help? I don't know.

We call it 'demo therapy.' We're therapists on top of designers and contractors and real estate agents and we really sometimes have to push people past their comfort zone and show them what they like, they just didn't know that they like.

The process of making music is very therapeutic; it's late at night and I'm wearing headphones a lot of the time, so it becomes a way of zoning out and engaging with my thoughts. It's a solitary environment and process.

To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

He who sings frightens away his ills.

Being in therapy is great. I spend an hour just talking about myself. It's kinda like being the guy on a date.

Both choices are painful, but only one is therapeutic.

Humor is a means of obtaining pleasure in spite of the distressing effects that interface with it.

The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.

Psychology is action, not thinking about oneself.

The only thing to know is how to use your neuroses.

The most comprehensive formulation of therapeutic goals is the striving for wholeheartedness: to be without pretense, to be emotionally sincere, to be able to put the whole of oneself into one's feelings, one's work, one's beliefs.

Grief is itself a med'cine.

I think the first Soulfly album is one of the strongest records I've ever made. It was definitely the most difficult album to record. There was a lot of pressure and anger going on at the time. It felt like a therapy session in many ways, but that's why I think it's such a truthful album. It holds up.

You want comedic themes to be recogniseable life truths that we all battle with, and with that comes the healing properties of comedy.

I love a spa day, so put me in a hot tub and give me a massage, and I am a very happy girl.

The hot tub is my best friend.

I'm all about the cold tub. I'm big on the ice bath, being able to soak in there and let your body heal.

I have never been in a serious relationship and never had a break-up, so I can't tug on my heartstrings that way. But whenever I experience a strong emotion in life, I definitely have to throw myself into my songwriting. It is very therapeutic.