Ketamine as a Bridge to Healing

Ketamine as a Bridge to Healing

Dissociation is a brilliant survival strategy. When the body is overwhelmed by fear, pain, or threat, a protective part steps in and pulls us away from the intensity. It creates distance from sensations that would otherwise be too much. In acute trauma, this response...
Dream: 2025

Dream: 2025

Dream: 2025 By: Jonathan Pofsky, MFT www.marinstressanxietycenter.com Say goodnight, close your eyes And drift into fiction A new world opens up With passion, heart, and conviction The dreamworld reveals You’re a part of Earth’s team In service to awaken The I and We...
Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Ode to Resilience: 2025 By: Jonathan Pofsky, LMFT www.marinstressanxietycenter.com This year and all its hopes An ode to our resilience A test of inner spirit and Our faith, our strength and brilliance These days left in a pile The golden road obscured Winding through...

Are you “Fake Relaxing?”

Scrolling on your phone does not count as relaxing. Neither does zoning out in front of a screen while your body stays tense. Many of us confuse numbing out with slowing down, but real rest feels different. It softens the body, steadies the breath, and allows you to...
See Your Self:2021

See Your Self:2021

See Your Self: 2021 By: Jonathan Pofsky, MFT It’s these times that we reflect What’s been left up on the shelf Time to dust off what’s of value So you can see your Self   A Self leads the way Of its many disparate parts That runs in as many ways With their...
Keeping Calm

Keeping Calm

As published in Yoga Magazine, Aug/Sept 2011. “Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.” — Author unknown It’s not one of your finest moments....
2020: The Chrysalis

2020: The Chrysalis

It’s time to take pause The message is now clear Into the chrysalis we go  With both our Love and our Fear   Its impersonal and complex With so many questions to ask But whatever this time is It reveals our next task   And shows us what happens When in a...