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1/ Attributing patient's difficulties to "privilege" is troubling even if therapist had met patient. It betrays a judgmental attitude completely antithetical to psychological inquiry/ understanding. Also, in recent discourse,
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1/ "Psychotherapy is about slowing things down—so we can begin to see and understand the patterns that otherwise happen quickly, automatically, without reflection or awareness. 2/ The goal of psychotherapy
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See the logical contradiction inherent in the language? Most people understand “illness” to refer to a disease an individual has. Language shapes thinking. “Illness” implicitly locates the cause “inside” a
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1/ An impromptu primer on “projective identification” with real life example:Many therapists struggle with this concept. Projective identification (PI) has several elements: Person is unaware of a part of themselves
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1/ More than a few psychologists have asked just what is meant by "evidence-based practice" and "evidence based therapy." This thread is a response I gave to someone who asked
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