by Dr. Andrew Dobo | Aug 26, 2013 | Book Notes
My goal here is to help you, the reader, to view psychology as the rich and powerful process that it is. Perhaps you will see it for the sacred work that I am privileged to do rather than a sitcom version of a therapist as a buffoon. When a client says, “No one...
by Dr. Andrew Dobo | Jul 8, 2013 | Book Notes
I’m not sure when the view of my work began to change; it was a slow process. I stopped seeing my patients as clinical entities. St. Gregory stated, “A soul in trouble is near unto God.” I started to see my patients as souls in trouble and to sense that they were...
by Dr. Andrew Dobo | Jun 3, 2013 | Book Notes
He was always one with a story. He had spent most of his career treating Vietnam Veterans with PTSD and doing research with this group. He said, with his soft voice and subtle southern accent, “Did I ever tell you ‘bout the time I was pick’in up leaves out by the...
by Dr. Andrew Dobo | Apr 30, 2013 | Book Notes
I helped Sam heal and become whole. He began to trust enough to date women again. He had lived alone for years. Now his life was no longer riddled with fear and doubt, but instead he was feeling more confident and relaxed. I’m not sure who benefited more from our work...
by Dr. Andrew Dobo | Mar 27, 2013 | Book Notes
Sam was the first patient I treated who expressed extremely violent emotional discharges during EMDR sessions. In the initial sessions, I acted as if I was accustomed to this process. In reality, I was terrified, saying to myself, “Holy shit! What am I supposed to...
by Dr. Andrew Dobo | Feb 27, 2013 | Book Notes
She was ready, so I began. Immediately, in less than fifteen seconds, she began to shiver, to shiver as if she had just been dragged out of an icy river in the middle of winter. The temperature in my office was a comfortable seventy-four degrees. Her teeth began to...
