Soundings: An Open Harbor Blog
For the thoughts that don't fit neatly into a session note, a consultation call, or a research paper, this is where they go: reflections on mental health, faith, pop-culture, and the things I'm still working out. Some are clinical, some personal, some just me thinking out loud.
The Wound Wrapped in the Sacred
Ryan Stollar spent his life helping people name religious and spiritual abuse, the harm that comes wrapped in the sacred. What that wound is, why it hides, and why it still needs naming.
Are Therapists to Blame for Family Estrangement? What the Headlines Get Wrong
The claim that therapists are driving adult children to cut off their parents keeps making headlines. The reporting is weaker than it looks, and the real story is more useful.