Metamorphosis Psychotherapy

  In my late teens and very early 20's I used to listen to very loud music. It helped me manage the chaos in my mind, to quite the inner noise and anxious thoughts, to find silence through noise… Mary Piper in the Reviving Ophelia states that people, especially young people are often confused by the voices of their parents, family, teachers, friends, religion and so on. Those voices can be critical, demanding, insulting, humiliating and far away from delivering the clarity one might need. Not everybody is confused, though. There are many people, or young people that know exactly what course of actions they should take. The voices they hear are supportive, encouraging, motivating and helpful. Possibly, they hear their own voice that is strong enough to speak louder than any other voices. I remember I too heard the voices, very critical ones. They didn’t belong to me. Every time I heard that voice, or recalled that in my mind – I felt my soul was shrinking. I found myself strug

  The world is saturated in loss. There are many losses that can happen in life cause by different circumstances. Grief is a response to the loss of someone or something, given there was a connection or a bond. Loss and grief happen globally and constantly. Loss and grief are acknowledged and expressed in a diverse spectrum of ways, depending on culture. Sometimes actions cause consequences that bring unimaginable loss. When I think of loss, what comes to mind is the biblical story of Adam and Eve, who lost the paradise. As a child I could not comprehend the severity of punishment they experienced, the pain and the hardship that followed curiosity. God’s Law. The story of Adam and Eve and Paradise lost has been interpreted in many ways throughout the centuries. Long ago their story didn’t make sense to me but with time, metaphorically I saw Adam and Eve in all these people who lose freedom or good name after committing a crime or breaking laws and rules. Loss and grief in the bib