It is so difficult, but life-saving, to make ourselves available, open and non-judgmental of people so that they are able to speak openly of their painful truths. Erase all of our assumptions about people. Let them tell us about what none of us had suspected. We do not need to correct, reassure or advise (unlessContinue reading “Suicidality…”
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ALMOST ALWAYS, IT IS BETTER TO ASK A QUESTION THAN TO MAKE A DEFINITIVE STATEMENT.
Charles Tadros, M.D. July 27, 2021 Saint Louis, Missouri
BE OPEN-MINDED, BUT NOT SO OPEN-MINDED THAT YOUR BRAIN FALLS OUT.
Paraphrase of Professor Walter Kotschnig speech to students at Holyoke College, January 1940 Link: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/04/13/open-mind/ Charles Tadros, M.D. July 10, 2021 Saint Louis, Missouri
YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE OPEN TO LISTENING AND TO HEARING WHEN YOU ASK, “HOW ARE YOU DOING?”, AND THAT PERSON FEELS FREE ENOUGH AND SAFE ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY TELL YOU, IN DETAIL.
Charles Tadros, M.D. May 14, 2021 Saint Louis, Missouri