Category Archives: Suffering

Suffering and Teshu’vah

FreePsychArticles#20          SUFFERING AND TESHU’VAH The process of repentance or teshu’vah contains the element of suffering  as one of the necessary stages in achieving “change of mind or heart.”   I use the word suffering as a … Continue reading

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Mourning

FreePsychArticles #7    A Mourning Story Not long ago a 45 year old woman arrived for an Initial Psychiatric Interview.   From her early childhood she had suffered serious abuse within a chaotic family system.    Personal boundaries were often blurred or nonexistent.    She struggled to … Continue reading

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