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Film as Means for Integrating Opposites: A Review of David Lynch’s "The Elephant Man"
The gift of cinema is a holistic experience like no other art form. It engages every sense but smell and taste (unless you count when John Waters' “Polyester” was being screened. Scratch and sniff cards were handed out at the theaters, like 3-D glasses, and not all of the scents were as pleasant as the classroom childhood relics flavored with...
Eagle Island (a poem on patriotism and freedom)
He sat serious on Eagle Island,
face blanched and wings clipped,
fearless, furied, and focused.
His stillness was so, the trees
around him writhed and twisted
in torment and mayhem, alive
and more liberated than this icon
of freedom: the whole world
spectated and moved on by . . .
- Candice Hershman
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I, Thou, and the Infinite: Meditation on Martin Buber
Being an existential psychotherapist entails the holding of some primary values for me, the most central being the power of relatedness and its contribution to the healing process. I have read article after book after article that includes references to the I-Thou versus I-It relationship as pertaining to the writing of Martin Buber, almost to the...
Developing a Self by Loving Others: The Paradox of Relationships and the Widening Circle
I have recently started designing and facilitating psychotherapy groups for people with chronic/acute mental health diagnoses. When I initially took this position, I decided to ask my clients what issues they need help with the most, and their answer was relationships. Now, I think one of the main tasks in working with people who are...










