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I worked at Cornell for five years. I had a job working in the office of international education. I reported directly to the Vice Provost. The local kid had done something big, scored a nice gig at Cornell University. More than, I had a landing space where I could begin to pay off debt and take a few international trips every year that would be work related. I worked in one of the oldest buildings on campus. in the Ag Quad. I was proud to work there. I would dress up in sharp

When I was 19 years old my car was surrounded by three cop cars in a road block in Horseheads, NY, about 20 minutes outside of Ithaca,...

Lex Enrico Santi, LCSW, MFA I didn’t always know I’d be a therapist. In fact, my path here started with words—stories, poems, voices that...

This photo has always had a special place for me. I had the opportunity to go to Cambodia and do work with agencies that work to end human trafficking. I was a photographer on the trip, two weeks meeting men and women who had endured horrible pain and suffering in this world. I remember taking this shot after my partner at the time, who would later break up with me, had finished her set. We walked into the sun of the facility and there sat a lotus in the midst of this courtya

The process of getting free in your life takes many turns, not all of them a path of light and safety. We begin this process of working towards resolving issues in our life, at times, haphazardly and seeking out connection and love from others. At other times it is wrought with job decisions. At other times it is the drastic escape from family. And so on. Your journey, no matter how arduous or dramatic is made up of many decisions in your life where you seemingly venture betw

When I work with men the question arises. How do I get over her? It's been a while since I thought about this but let me put some things down in writing. It has been mostly the case with my work that I have seen more men who have come to me struggling to get over relationships than I have found women who have struggled to do the same over a man. In fact, it has been overwhelmingly men who come to me and discuss their past relationships. They come in all forms of relationship

Sometimes you have to begin doing the things you really love. Do you ever feel like you begin things and then you get to the next stage and you're not so sure where things are going? The first blog entry is not supposed to be too impressive, as everything after this should mean something much more. But writing has always been part of my life and now I'm working with writing and therapy. Writing about therapy. I don't make mention of any of the stories that my client raise in

This short story, all told in dialogue, was published first in the IN POSSE Review in July of 2016 . “But what do you think?” “What do...