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I use this as a logo for my work: I believe in holding a safe space for both partners
and in sharing energy as the way to grow the bulb is the antithesis to selfstarvation: it represents life at its core.
Holding a bulb symbolizes the possibility of believing that when you invest in
something you can expect a wonderful return
Planting a bulb promises the growth of a beautiful plant.
Patience and resilience, faith and vision, and hope.
I have the guts to hold a bulb because it is fragile and symbolizes growth, health
and life
I have the guts to hold on to the possibility of growth, life and healing
The holder becomes part of the bulb; becomes rooted
THE LEAF GROWING OUT OF THE BULB IS A STRONG INDICATOR THAT THIS BULB
IS GOING TO MAKE IT!!!!!
This bulb most certainly made it!
David recognized SS’s trash talk immediately and called it out. He exposed SS’s
lies and its immobilizing, totalitarian dominance. It’s a type of seeing something
for the first time and never being able to unsee it. He never once blamed her for
“stinking thinking,” or “manipulation,” or attention-seeking behaviour.
Before David joined our team, we had some ideas regarding resisting the
problem, but no idea how to escape from its hold over Joanna. Everything we did
was useful to a point, after which Joanna was viciously attacked by SS. These
attacks were heartbreaking, cyclical, and the periods in between were becoming
shorter.
Inhabiting another realm: One of possibility, imagination, and hope
David situated the Virtual Response Team in another realm, where there was
hope, imagination, colour, possibility, and art. Where people had choices and the
ability to change their minds if they wanted to. Where one might inhabit a
An Apprenticeship in Extremis
Journal of Contemporary Narrative Therapy, December 2025 Release, p. 5-44.
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