{"id":157,"date":"2015-06-02T19:12:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T19:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aboutpsychotherapy.com\/aboutpsych-blog\/?p=157"},"modified":"2016-08-05T21:41:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T21:41:34","slug":"more-things-in-heaven-and-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aboutpsychotherapy.com\/aboutpsych-blog\/more-things-in-heaven-and-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"More things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"

A little less than a year ago, I posted an entry about Robin Williams death<\/a> and wrote about one patient’s reactions in particular. \u00a0I called him “Alan” in the article, which is of course not his real name. \u00a0He’s in his 40s. \u00a0He\u00a0recently read the blog entry and sent me this email.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you for putting me in there. \u00a0Writing just to say that it is funny you chose the name Alan. \u00a0When I was 14, I spent a summer at a golf camp. \u00a0One of the 3 other guys I shared a room with, was weird, macho, popular, too much for my insecurity. \u00a0He gave me the nickname Alan, just thought it suited me. \u00a0Everyone at the camp thought it was my real name. \u00a0Never bugged me, and for four weeks, I was Alan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maybe if I chose a more odd name, one that calls up a particular type of person, this wouldn’t be so curious\u00a0– but “Alan”? \u00a0That could be anyone; at least it holds no strong associations for me. \u00a0Why on earth did I\u00a0pick that name? \u00a0Dark matter? \u00a0Synchronicity? \u00a0More things…? \u00a0Or\u00a0is it just that there really is that much empathy – connection – between two people when the therapy is working?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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