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Being a Soul Warrior: Journeying inward to re-grow my lost personhood

Personal Experiences
byAuthor AnonymousPosted on April 21, 2015April 28, 2015
Few can imagine the trauma that violence inflicted by another human being can unleash. The thing that...
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My sister’s depression: Being there for her across continents

Personal Experiences
byAuthor AnonymousPosted on April 18, 2015
My sister lived in Australia, and our family in Delhi. She was depressed, and I’m happy to share...
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Befriending anxiety: Finding myself after an abusive relationship at 20

Personal Experiences
byAuthor AnonymousPosted on April 18, 2015April 18, 2015
Pain. Pain is akin to waves in the ocean- it hits the shore multiple times, goes away...
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Shrinking the couch: Why your story matters

Editor's Thoughts
byAuthor Krutika Bopanna, Nivida ChandraPosted on April 16, 2015April 17, 2015
Dear Absolutely Everyone, We’ve only been up for about 10 days, and are already feeling quite silly....
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Beyond These Walls: Creating a Theatre Stage in a Therapy Room

Professionals Speak
byAuthor Maliha IbrahimPosted on April 13, 2015August 6, 2015
“Theatre is the capacity to observe in action and experiment from within yourself and without.”- Augusto Boal...
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Freud explains how mental and physical illness are alike – in 1909!

Editor's Thoughts
byAuthor Nivida ChandraPosted on April 12, 2015April 21, 2015
At the outset I want to just exclaim how much joy it gave me to chance upon...
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“I miss you, Ma”: On dealing with her sudden passing

Personal Experiences
byAuthor Madhumita RamakrishnaPosted on April 11, 2015April 18, 2015
“People do not die for us immediately, but remain bathed in a sort of aura of life...
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Beginning the climb towards sobriety: a confession

Personal Experiences
byAuthor AnonymousPosted on April 8, 2015April 9, 2015
I’ve decided on many occasions to join Alcoholics Anonymous but I never did. I have never written...
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What is Therapy?

Editor's Thoughts
byAuthor Krutika BopannaPosted on April 2, 2015April 4, 2015
Therapy is frequently misconstrued. Therapy, also referred to as counseling, is meeting a professional (usually with an...
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What’s my first therapy session going to be like?

Editor's Thoughts
byAuthor Nivida ChandraPosted on March 29, 2015April 18, 2015
First sessions, like first everything-s, can induce a lot of anticipatory anxiety, no matter how much you...

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