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Rita Largman on December 25th, 2010

I am hoping that my blog will give you a sense of who I am, how I work and how I think about psychological issues.  I also want to use this blog as a way of educating people who are thinking about doing psychotherapy.

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Rita Largman on December 24th, 2010

When people suffer from losing a partner or child, there is unspeakable grief and pain.  There is no “normal” time table for grief which is less a journey than it is a spiral.  Often one moment is ok and the next moment is terrible, and there is often no trigger which makes the pain and [...]

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Rita Largman on November 26th, 2010

I recently went to a workshop led by Diana Forsha who has developed a model of doing psychotherapy which combines a psychodynamic approach with attachment theory and cognitive-behavioral approaches. Her approach is called AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy) I was drawn to it because of her eclectic approach, her emphasis on creating a strong and [...]

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