It’s great to be blogging on PsychCentral.com–thank you all for your warm welcome. There’s so much useful information on this web site and such terrific bloggers representing so many different points of view. Naturally I’ve been thinking about what topics would be most interesting and helpful to readers (if you have ideas, questions, or comments, please comment or send me an email), and I decided I wanted to keep this space direct and simple. But a funny thing happened on the way to the keyboard…

The following is a brief discussion of some therapy-related ideas I’ve been thinking about, ideas that make a useful—though complex—jumping-off point for future discussions about more clear-cut topics. Therapy is about change. I wanted to find a way to briefly describe some basic aspects of what actually changes in therapy and the concepts “space” and “time”  offered unique potential. Those who’ve read my book  know that generally I use very simple language to describe therapy—this is a slight departure.

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