#therapy

Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life. ↗

— Tony Curtis

#me #more #much #painting #than

In the old days we used to get more referrals, because people had insurance that paid for therapy. Now they belong to HMOs, and we can only be affiliated with a few HMOs. ↗

— Albert Ellis

#because #belong #days #few #get

Always admit when you're wrong. You'll save thousands in therapy... and a few friendships too. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#always #few #friendships #save #therapy

If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor. ↗

— Teri Garr

#diagnosis #get #good #good attitude #humor

I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back. ↗

— Richard Lewis

#analyst #back #because #behind #help

I think everyone should sit down and write a book. It's a lot like therapy but a lot less expensive. ↗

— Norma McCorvey

#down #everyone #expensive #i #i think

Will you teach me how to paint?” “Just paint.” “I’m not any good.” “Do it for therapy. You can go to art school later. ↗

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

#therapy #art

And so, it is not astonishing that, though the patient enters therapy insisting that he wants to change, more often than not, what he really wants is to remain the same and to get the therapist to make him feel better. (4) ↗

— Sheldon B. Kopp

#change

When a man no longer confuses himself with the definition of himself that others have given him, he is at once universal and unique. He is universal by virtue of the inseparability of his organism from the cosmos. He is unique in that he is just this organism and not any stereotype of role, class, or identity assumed for the convenience of social communication. ↗

— Alan Watts

#communication

It is now recognised that dissociation is a way of forgetting, for a time. The mind siphons off the bad memories into a separate part, and reclaiming those hidden-away memories us a complex process. So, when the memories resurface it does not feel as though they belong to you, it feels alien, more as if someone had told them to you, or you had seen the images in a film. ↗

— Carolyn Bramhall

#derealisation #dissociation #dissociative-identity-disorder #memories #mpd