“When I am ever in any situation that's getting too heavy, I lighten it up with humor.” Quote by Kelly Carlin-McCall
“[Humor] could be dicey for a therapist and needs to be used very deftly.” NeedsUsedTherapists Author:Kelly Carlin-McCall
“Creating safety is your first job [as therapist], and then once that's established, you can use many tools to help someone see the folly in their thinking.” ThinkingFirstsHelpingUseJobsCreatingToolsSafetyFollyTherapists Author:Kelly Carlin-McCall
“I had a client who just wanted to entertain me the whole time, that is a defense against going deep, in my mind. What happens when the jokester is not allowed to deflect with humor? You then have to feel the pain, and learn that you can survive it. It makes you more resilient and stronger in the long run, and your sense of humor will always be there. Being able to see the funny is deep.” FeelsMindLongWholeHappensRunningAbleWantedPainStrongerDefenseSense Of HumorLong RunsClientsResilient Author:Kelly Carlin-McCall
“Being a therapist can be very serious though. There are people's lives in your hands. For me, it was too much.” PeopleHandsToo MuchSeriousTherapists Author:Kelly Carlin-McCall
“I remember going on vacation for two weeks once and one of my clients who was very clinically depressed really could not handle it, really unraveled himself. That scared me. I didn't want to be in that position.” WantTwoRememberWeekPositionScaredHandleVacationClientsTwo WeeksGoing On Vacation Author:Kelly Carlin-McCall
“The work is important and essential and I've had a therapist myself for decades and it's important work, but I knew that I wanted to work with people who are more functioning and that's when I decided to pursue my performance career full-time.” PeopleImportantWantedCareersEssentialsDecidedPerformancesDecadesPursueTherapistsImportant Work Author:Kelly Carlin-McCall
“Being successful as a creative person is a crapshoot, but it's essential if you feel drawn to being creative that you express it.” IfsFeelsPersonsCreativeSuccessfulEssentialsBeing SuccessfulBe CreativeCreative Person Author:Kelly Carlin-McCall
“I have known know many therapists who come out of Pacifica Graduate Institute and love being both artists and therapists at the same time, like Maureen Murdock. They are photographers and dancers and other kinds of things and therapists at the same time. I think it really makes them a much more interesting therapist because they're so engaged with the imagination and the creativity and the depths of who they are.” ThinkingKnowsKindArtistImaginationLove IsInterestingKnownCreativityAnd LoveDepthPhotographerEngagedDancerGraduatesInstituteTherapists Author:Kelly Carlin-McCall
“People like to make fun of the fans who camp out but people have renaissance fairs; people do Civil War re-enactments; people do what they like. I'm tired of hearing people rage on the fans. If you don't like Twilight, don't buy a ticket.” PeopleIfsWarFunFansFairsTiredHearingRageCivil WarCampsTwilightTicketsRenaissanceI'm Tired Author:Anna Kendrick
“There's a real careful line you have to walk there because your first job [therapist] is to create safety for the client to feel safe enough to turn their vision in towards themselves and their experience in the moment and to reveal things that usually carry a lot of shame or that kind of stuff around.” FeelsFirstsKindRealEnoughMomentsJobsTurnsStuffLinesWalksVisionSafeShameSafetyCarefulClientsTherapists Author:Kelly Carlin-McCall