Elizabeth O'Callahan

In an ever-uncertain world, I incorporate existentialism into treatment, emphasizing choice, freedom, and importance of living in the here-and-now. Existentialism acknowledges the reality of life's painful truths without attempting to soften or minimize them, but without abandoning hope of building a better tomorrow. Radical hope asserts that a better future is possible, even if current circumstances prevent us from fully seeing the path forward. John Green said “hope is the correct response to the strange, often terrifying miracle of consciousness. Hope is not easy or cheap. It is true.” Radical hope does not say things will get better by themselves, or that the path forward will be without hardship, but asserts that that humans are resilient, clever and often underestimate their own ability to persevere