Bedlam - By Author William M. Boylin

29/04/2019

I wrote a story about my Grandmother's family Secret.

https://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-family-secret.html

My Great Grandmother was born December 2, 1867, and died December 12, 1955. She was my mother’s mother’s mother. I have one vague m...

10/10/2018

I wrote about sharing how I survived with a young catatonic patient. http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-power-of-self-disclosure.html

Brian was a tall, handsome sixteen year old boy. He had been admitted to the hospital in a semi-catatonic state. He barely moved and di...

21/06/2018

My Father's Lesson on Love prepared my for the future
http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2018/06/dads-lesson-on-love.html

While I knew my father loved me, I was much closer to my mother. My father was afforded limited access to me because my mother kept me v...

08/06/2018

This is about how Fatherhood changes a man http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2018/06/becoming-father.html

There was one moment in my childhood when I knew without any doubt that my father loved me. I was very young, perhaps 3 or 4. I was exp...

31/05/2018

I wrote a blog about mistakes I made with a young client who wanted to become a model.

http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2018/

13/11/2017

https://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-benefit-of-piano-lessons.html

One of my most memorable students was from an Eastern culture. She was very conservative. Dating was controlled by her family. I would...

03/11/2017

http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2017/11/identity.html
I wrote a piece about the importance of knowing your own identity as a psychotherapist.

How do you figure out your identity when it keeps changing? Who I am today is different then who I was yesterday. Each day I have exper...

24/04/2017

I wrote about a my first lesson in family therapy.
http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2017/04/char.html

Having had a great experience at Syracuse U. doing telephone crisis counseling, I joined a similar organization when I got to grad school....

14/11/2016

Mourning is a normal reaction to a loss. It only becomes pathological when the behavior used to avoid feeling the loss is destructive.

03/10/2016

A story about how inept I was as a youth. http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2016/10/mrs-bottsfords-school-of-dance-and.html

08/09/2016

I wrote about how children teach intimacy.
http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2016/09/all-babies-are-buddhists.html

03/09/2016

A professor once taught me what it means to be a professor. http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-professors-obligation.html

22/07/2016

"Forgiveness alone is a b***y prize. Forgivness must communicate a willingness to again be available and willing to work on the connection again." Bill O'Hanlon

10/03/2016

We learn alot about love from watching our parents:
http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2016/03/learning-about-love.html

01/03/2016

I wrote about my dear friend Joe http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2016/03/in-memory-of-joe.html

01/01/2016

I wrote a post about my Aunt Dorothy's Wisdom. http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2015/12/how-aunt-dorothy-saved-my-life.html

01/01/2016

Today my oncologist referred to me as a survivor. I can’t begin to convey the feeling that came with that label. It is an incredible way to finish the year.

10/11/2015

Coincidence is away for the God's to remain annonymous. http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2015/11/no-matter-how-much-you-work-on-some.html

01/09/2015

I wrote a piece about giving mothers a break. http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2015/09/maternal-is-as-maternal-does.html

15/08/2015

The Perfect Farewell Party: http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2015/08/sometimes-you-just-get-it-right.html

09/08/2015

When do you think grief ends? http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2015/08/when-does-grief-end.html

05/08/2015

I wrote a piece about "Great Mothers." http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2015/08/great-mothers.html

22/07/2015

How to sabotage a romantic relationship: Palmyra. http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2015/07/palmyra.html

14/06/2015

A strange source taught me a lesson regarding depression. http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-lesson-in-depression.html

06/06/2015

"Adopted families have psychosocial bonds. However, they sometimes act under the delusion that there is a biological bond. They usually find the psychosocial bonds are the important ones." Carl Whitaker

26/05/2015

This blog explains why I believe in the spirit. http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2015/05/spirituality-and-fibrilation.html

19/05/2015

This is my second blog on addiction. http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2015/05/enabling-first-installment.html

12/05/2015

I wrote a piece on how I think I contracted cancer: http://williamboylin.blogspot.com/2015/05/doing-dishes-with-love.html

05/05/2015

"Parenthood is a great experience, you can pick any way you want to lose." This is undoubtedly one of my favorite Whitaker quotes.