Comments for Dr. Sheila Addison http://www.drsheilaaddison.com Sheila Addison, Marriage and Family Therapist Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:04:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Quick post: On supporting marriage. by Dr. Sheila http://www.drsheilaaddison.com/2012/06/12/quick-post-on-supporting-marriage/#comment-978 Dr. Sheila Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:04:45 +0000 http://www.drsheilaaddison.com/?p=200#comment-978 It’s true, some people do come to couple therapy so they can say “well we tried and it didn’t work.” I try to sniff that out early on when I’m assessing people’s goals, and I’ll tell people occasionally “if you’re here so you can say ‘we tried,’ and you’ve really already decided to divorce, you have my permission to tell people you tried without spending your money and time here if you don’t really want to stay together. Or we can spend our time together working out how to have the most humane ending to this relationship possible.” Therapy to turn the relationship around when one or both partners have already decided it’s over is obviously not that helpful.

]]> Comment on Quick post: On supporting marriage. by StaightGrandmother http://www.drsheilaaddison.com/2012/06/12/quick-post-on-supporting-marriage/#comment-977 StaightGrandmother Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:58:23 +0000 http://www.drsheilaaddison.com/?p=200#comment-977 Well if my marriage were breaking apart I would definitely seek couples counseling. Because if my marriage ultimately failed and I divorced, there would be somebody to blame, I would for sure be blaming the therapist. This way I don’t have to take the blame of a failed marriage, I would just blame it on the therapist, how handy foe me.

]]> Comment on “So What if Privilege is the Lowest Difficulty Setting?” A Response to Scalzi’s Post by Giving thanks, thoughtfully. | Dr. Sheila Addison http://www.drsheilaaddison.com/2012/05/18/so-what-if-privilege-is-the-lowest-difficulty-setting-a-response-to-scalzis-post/#comment-665 Giving thanks, thoughtfully. | Dr. Sheila Addison Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:52:46 +0000 http://www.drsheilaaddison.com/?p=184#comment-665 [...] So, whether or not you choose to celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope you’ll take this time of year as one in which you cultivate gratitude, and solemnly reflect on the complicated history of life in these United States, and the many opportunities we all have for using whatever privilege we have wisely. [...]

]]> Comment on AAMFT 2012 presentation by An Introduction to Fat Positivity | http://www.drsheilaaddison.com/2012/09/15/aamft-2012-presentation/#comment-619 An Introduction to Fat Positivity | Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:30:34 +0000 http://www.drsheilaaddison.com/?p=225#comment-619 [...] Dr. Sheila Addison [...]

]]> Comment on AAMFT 2012 presentation by Kerry http://www.drsheilaaddison.com/2012/09/15/aamft-2012-presentation/#comment-571 Kerry Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:58:35 +0000 http://www.drsheilaaddison.com/?p=225#comment-571 Well done, it’s daunting to speak out against the predominant paradigm and even more so I think in amongst peers. Thank you for sharing

]]> Comment on AAMFT 2012 presentation by Angela Meadows http://www.drsheilaaddison.com/2012/09/15/aamft-2012-presentation/#comment-569 Angela Meadows Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:09:34 +0000 http://www.drsheilaaddison.com/?p=225#comment-569 Great presentation and some useful new resources and references, thank you. I’d say if they didn’t actually throw things at you, then you came out ahead!

]]> Comment on Quick post: On supporting marriage. by Lorie http://www.drsheilaaddison.com/2012/06/12/quick-post-on-supporting-marriage/#comment-551 Lorie Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:13:00 +0000 http://www.drsheilaaddison.com/?p=200#comment-551 Yup, I have anger. Anger at being used by these Charlatans until I discovered what they were. But they took a lot (a LOT) of money before they were identified.

You are what you are, Sugar Plum. If you have no conscience, then you are REALLY dangerous to others.

]]> Comment on Quick post: On supporting marriage. by Lorie http://www.drsheilaaddison.com/2012/06/12/quick-post-on-supporting-marriage/#comment-550 Lorie Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:10:45 +0000 http://www.drsheilaaddison.com/?p=200#comment-550 I saw your post on Alas, A Blog. You say “I stand ready, willing, and able to personally act as one of the leading supporters of strong, stable marriages and couple partnerships, using methods proven to actually increase couple stability and well-being, but I never seem to see my field and what it has to offer acknowledged or encouraged by the ‘marriage supporters.’ ”

You are very sure of yourself. You seem to find it unfair that people do not call upon you for your “proven” methods.

Changing a lightbulb: Just stand there with the bulb in the socket and expect the world to revolve around you and twist the bulb into the socket.

You can’t even imagine that you may well be talking shit and the “world” recognizes it. That will probably never be an option for you, because then you have to admit that all the “work” you’ve done is … bullshit. Worthless. Stupid. And that lots and lots of people recognize you for what you are.

]]> Comment on Private Practice by Dr. Sheila http://www.drsheilaaddison.com/private-practice/#comment-548 Dr. Sheila Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:41:25 +0000 http://www.drsheilaaddison.com/?page_id=212#comment-548 I do, but you may want to drop me a line at sheila.m.addison (at) gmail (dot) com if you want to talk further, in order to protect your privacy. :)

]]> Comment on Private Practice by Brian http://www.drsheilaaddison.com/private-practice/#comment-547 Brian Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:11:00 +0000 http://www.drsheilaaddison.com/?page_id=212#comment-547 Curious if you work with people dealing with transvestic fetishism. I have pretty strong to uncontrollable urges to buy and wear lingerie (satin, the more feminine the better). Thanks so much.

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