Lisa Erickson
Lisa Erickson, MS, LMHC is an experienced Seattle counselor "when you want the next part of your life to be better than the first." Her clinical interests include the relationship between giftedness, addiction and trauma. http://www.lisaerickson.net
Articles by this Author
El Perfeccionismo: ¿Se trae por dentro o viene de afuera?
- By Lisa Erickson
- Published 09/16/2011
- High Ability - gifted/talented , Perfectionism
He estado pensando acerca de los diferentes tipos de perfeccionismo,
después de una discusión que tuve con un superdotado sobreviviente de
trauma. Pude distinguir con mayor claridad que algunos aspectos de su
perfeccionismo tenían que ver con su experiencia de vivir con altas
capacidades y otros estaban relacionados con problemas en su familia de
origen.
Cuando los superdotados salen del closet
- By Lisa Erickson
- Published 09/16/2011
- High Ability - gifted/talented
La persona que me llama por teléfono dice que comenzó a llorar después
de leer mi website. No es la primera vez que escucho esta reacción. La
página que leyeron no es la de adicciones ó la de depresión. Sólo hay
una página que produce esta reacción. Quien llama leyó acerca de
individuos superdotados en mi sitio web. Se trata de información que es
nueva para ellos. Algunas personas siempre han sabido que tienen altas
capacidades: Este artículo es para quienes no lo sabían.
3 Things To Learn From The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – A Gifted Trauma Survivor
- By Lisa Erickson
- Published 09/1/2011
- High Ability - gifted/talented
Lisbeth Salander is the fictional heroine of Steig Larsson’s trilogy
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The
Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. As the heroine, Lisbeth Salander
embodies certain characteristics of giftedness, and these
characteristics help her survive terrible, long-term physical, sexual
and emotional abuse.
Perfectionism: From the inside out or the outside in?
- By Lisa Erickson
- Published 04/1/2011
- Perfectionism , High Ability - gifted/talented
I’ve been thinking about varieties of perfectionism since having a
discussion with a gifted trauma survivor. It became clear that some of
their perfectionism was an expression of giftedness and some was related
to family of origin issues. Same outcome, different sources. Does the
source of perfectionism matter? I think it does. By understanding the
differences we can clarify what can be embraced and managed, and what
can be healed. Different sources, different strategies.
Coming out Gifted
- By Lisa Erickson
- Published 01/31/2011
- High Ability - gifted/talented
By Lisa Erickson, MS, LMHC. Understanding yourself as a gifted person can be compared to the coming
out process for gays. The analogy is not perfect: after all, gifted
people don’t need to worry about personal safety, job security,
discrimination and homophobia, or abandonment by family or friends
because of their giftedness. Gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and
transgendered people do. But there are useful parallels.