I Give Life To That Which I

Over The Years I Have Developed A Picture Of What A Human Being Living Humanely Is Like. She Is A Person Who Understand, Values And Develops Her Body, Finding It Beautiful And Useful; A Person Who Is Real And Is Willing To Take Risks, To Be Creative, To Manifest Competence, To Change When The Situation Calls For It, And To Find Ways To Accommodate To What Is New And Different, Keeping That Part Of The Old That Is Still Useful And Discarding What Is Not.

Problems Are Not The Problem; Coping Is The Problem.

I Have Talked About Choosing Rather Than Acting From Compulsion. When You Feel That You Have To Live According To Someone Else's Direction Or Live So That You Never Disappoint Or Hurt Anybody, Then Your Life Is A Continual Assessment Of Whether Or Not You Please Other People.

A Growing Body Of Clinical Observation Has Pointed To The Conclusion That The Family Therapy Must Be Oriented To The Family As A Whole.

Every Word, Facial Expression, Gesture, Or Action On The Part Of A Parent Gives The Child Some Message About Self-worth. It Is Sad That So Many Parents Don't Realize What Messages They Are Sending.