Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
The most important phrases in trauma therapy are “Notice that” and “What happens next?”Bessel van der Kolk
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I'm terrified of therapy because I don't want it to mess with my creativity.
Lady Gaga -
In retrospect, I have devoted my scientific life mainly to the question to what extent infectious agents contribute to human cancer, trusting that this will contribute to novel modes of cancer prevention, diagnosis and, hopefully, later on, also to cancer therapy.
Harald zur Hausen -
My ideal relaxation is working on upholstry. I spend hours in junk shops buying furniture. I do all the upholstery work myself, and it's like therapy.
Pamela Anderson -
Psychotherapy works, and some types of therapy have been shown to be much more effective than antidepressants over the long run.
Irving Kirsch -
I think everybody I've seen has come from some other therapy, and almost invariably, it's very much the same thing: the therapist is too disinterested, a little too aloof, a little too inactive. They're not really interested in the person; he doesn't relate to the person.
Irvin D. Yalom -
I think that therapy is great and can be incredibly helpful.
Samira Wiley
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I take it that a successful therapy is an oxymoron.
Harold Bloom -
Children notice things first, people later.
Walker Percy -
You notice that he does not ask, Where am I?" says the Mayor's voice, moving out there, somewhere. "His first words are, Where is she? And his Noise says the same. Interesting.
Patrick Ness -
Show business is the best possible therapy for remorse.
Anita Loos -
When you do your best, people notice.
Oprah Winfrey -
I can be normal by myself; no one notices me.
Lindsey Vonn
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It is irresponsible to set an arbitrary cap on how much therapy a Medicare beneficiary can receive. It ignores the health needs of our senior population - especially the oldest and sickest.
John Ensign -
What is divine escapes men's notice because of their incredulity.
Heraclitus -
No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.
Aristotle -
If you notice, everyone on Deep Space Nine has this weird... I mean well... weird names. It's like they chose us for that. Except Terry Farrell but she makes it in the weirdness anyway. She fits right in with us.
Nana Visitor -
Non-co-operation is the nation's notice that it is no longer satisfied to be in tutelage.
Mahatma Gandhi -
So take care of your life and take notice and be observant, for the number of widows is always far greater than the number of widowers.
Michelangelo
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While reliving trauma is dramatic, frightening, and potentially self-destructive, over time a lack of presence can be even more damaging. This is a particular problem with traumatized children. The acting-out kids tend to get attention; the blanked-out ones don’t bother anybody and are left to lose their future bit by bit.
Bessel van der Kolk -
The brain is the first broadcasting station ever invented.
Napoleon Hill -
His mysterious resources had awakened in her a curiosity that was difficult to resist, but she had never imagined that curiosity was one of the many masks of love.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -
Viktor Petrenko and I met at a competition, where I beat him completely accidentally. I felt so embarrassed in front of my idol.
Evgeni Plushenko -
The most important phrases in trauma therapy are “Notice that” and “What happens next?”
Bessel van der Kolk