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- DebPC
- I am a fifth year grad student getting a PsyD, which is a PhD in clinical psychology. I have successfully defended my disseration, a pilot study which used yoga and a discussion group to (successfully) treat binge eating disorder. I am now doing my internship, working with people on probation (mostly felons) who have to be in therapy as a condition of their release from prison. I also work with people who have gotten their children taken away by DHS. My specialties are eating disorders and using yoga to treat psychological issues. Finish internship and then I'm a real doctor. I have four cats, two daughters, ages 8 and 11 and one husband, aged 44. I love to run (especially marathons), bike, do yoga, x-c ski and lift weights. I live in the mountains in Colorado.
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I'm sorry, I guess I am your only reader - you spend all of this time and effort, and there is only one person, living on the the other side of the country, keeping track.
Oh well, I'm passing through your area this summer on the way up to Vail to visit my son, so I'll think Yogish thoughts as I drive up the front range from New Mexico (where my sister lives) to Denver and then points west.
If it helps, I'm still intrigued by your unfolding story, and if you're not careful, you may inspire me to make you a character in a play.
May I keep reading? So far, I have resisted commenting or specifically reacting to your words, but I have been tempted.
Good luck on your stair climb, Bob
Hi Bob. Thanks for your comment, and for your inspiration to keep going.
A character in a play.... Is that your vocation or avocation?
Vail is awesome. There is a really great bike ride on July 13th if you like riding. It's too hard core for me this year-- 120 miles over 3 mountain passes. But lots of people do it.
Thanks about the stair climb. I think it will be fun, in that not-very-fun-at-all kind of way in which I seem to love to torture myself.
Hey Debby
Thanks for the info about the bike ride in Vail, but that sort of thing was way, way back in my past. Yup Vail (and for that matter most of the Colorado Rockies is quite elegant, and I enjoy them on my visits on many levels – just getting out into the wilds, visiting my son and his family, and also as an artist/writer/photographer.
As I alluded to in my response to you last August, I am not involved in therapeutic exercise, nor is my field Psychology, so while I enjoy reading your thoughts and personal ruminations, I do not have an informed opinion in those areas.
I guess it is your internal dialogue about yourself, your family and your hopes, fears, demons and perceived failures and failings that really intrigue me. If I were a therapist, I would attempt to listen to and engage you in those elements non-judgmentally. In a helping or therapeutic relationship I would probably attempt to extract clues as to the speaker’s frame of mind and attitude, and through feedback and guided responses, help the speaker to a more healthy and positive outcome.
However, an artist and a writer listens for very different reasons. While obviously I have never met the actual Debby PC, your words, and my interpretation of those words have encouraged me to “realize” a fascinating and layered character who is both a bright and focused woman, and also someone who is anguished by her own frustrations and fears about her self, her life, and her sense of self-actualization and fulfillment.
Let me hasten to interject, this person I am discussing is not you, but someone who could have arisen out of your life story. She is not real in any physical self, but, as in any well-drawn fictional character, her reality can still be very powerful and articulated.
I could certainly say more, but I am not at all certain a public blog should be the forum, as I would not want anyone who knows you to feel that I am attempting some sort of bizarre, long range analysis of their friend or associate. If you are interested in contacting me directly, perhaps we could further the dialogue, but if not, I will continue to enjoy your posts,
Bob bobsouvorin@mindspring.com
Wow, Bob. You make me sound so... complex. I appreciate the thought you put into this. I think, as you mentioned a long time ago, part of blogging is putting yourself, your essence, out there and seeing how people respond.
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