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Finding Balance : Psychotherapy on the edges of Alaska and Oregon<\/strong><\/h2>\n

by\u00a0Robin Grace LCSW<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"RGrace\"It’s ten below.\u00a0I take deliberate steps on frozen mud flats and ice floes.\u00a0The light is enormous and blinding.\u00a0 I turn my gaze to a stand of spruce at the edge of the moonscape beach.\u00a0Past the inlet, snow covered peaks frame the Lynn Canal, one of the deepest fjords in North America.<\/p>\n

I approach the terrain with an ease I haven’t yet found in my work in a community unfamiliar with psychoanalytic therapy.\u00a0On daily hikes or canoe trips to reach our off-the \u2013grid home, my spirit responds well to adventure. I find the courage to ask rural Alaskan’s to consider attachment, mentalizing and the value of a therapy relationship \u2013 through public presentations, newspaper essays and \u201cShrink Rap\u201d, a local radio show I produce.\u00a0Writing and acting in short scenes, including the internal thinking of characters, I join participants and encourage analysis of relational experiences.\u00a0The popularity of the show feeds my new passion for psychoeducation.<\/p>\n

In the more temperate climate of southwestern Oregon, emerald moss covers Douglas fir trees rising from the riverbanks. I discover a community mostly experienced in cognitive therapies.\u00a0 Invited to speak at a class, \u201cYoga for Transitions\u201d I talk about disrupted attachments \u2013 and how our needs for security and attachment continue from the \u201ccradle to the grave.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yoga, is about being present, moving from mental distractions through postures and breathing \u2013 but what do you do when yoga is over?\u00a0How do you deal with the preoccupation of emotions and mental states like:\u00a0 anxiety and fear?\u00a0Through role plays \u201cmentalizing off the mat\u201d is demonstrated.<\/p>\n

This summer in Alaska, \u201cShrink Rap Live\u201d will offer the community a chance to explore relational dynamics though role plays in workshops with a focus upon mentalizing and intersubjectivity.<\/p>\n

(\u201cShrink Rap on the Air, Mentalizing in the Last Frontier<\/em>\u201d by Robin Grace, appears in the December-January 2013 issue of\u00a0Psychoanalytic Dialogues<\/em>)<\/p>\n

robingrace09@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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