splinters
I feel like I am going to have to jump one way or another. Sitting on the fence is giving me splinters. :-P The choice seems to be between opening up in both directions of [...]
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04, 2025
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01, 2025
Behavioural or psychodynamic therapy – which is most effective?
There is such an interesting core difference to two major approaches to psychological therapy. In the psychodynamic approach, the idea is that a person will develop 'insight' into what is holding them back psychologically. This [...]
1
01, 2025
insight therapies and behavioural therapies
The 'insight' that we can get from psychodynamic therapy allows us to see things that we can't then unsee. It teaches us something about how we exist in our psychological world. I have understood that [...]
25
12, 2024
an interesting and familiar experience in a chess game
It was such an interesting experience to find myself in a losing position in my chess game with my Dad tonight. I was assessing my options, and all I could see, through all the different [...]
15
12, 2024
seeing value in less obvious ways, perhaps
The second thing that came out of the conversation with my psychologist friend today was a bit of professional development. I told her about my woes regarding underwhelming degrees of change in my psychosocial support [...]
17
08, 2024
My personal (timely) cure to psychosis
I realised something quite profound today. I was talking to my Mum about our experiences of reading books and watching movies, or the theatre. She was saying that she likes reading books because it takes [...]
18
07, 2024
My personal reflections on how IFS could work for ME
My current therapist (who I have named Aitkens to protect their identity) has sent me a link to an article about IFS (Internal Family Systems) on the APS website. It is certainly interesting to read [...]
11
07, 2024
Interesting conversation!! Chatting with a mental health professional about me and IFS
My psychiatrist called my sexual assault counsellor out on IFS (Internal Family Systems) today. He had read the book that I was recommended and told me he had never heard such a load of nonsense. [...]
20
04, 2024
Personality insights – the Enneagram
In an amazing stroke of luck (or insight), I became aware about the Enneagram. If you are not aware, it is a system that categorises people into one of nine types, each with a particular [...]
7
01, 2024
The rewarding nature of potential
The thing about doing support work is the intoxicating potential of possibilities for people in my care. As someone who has a particular talent for seeing what could be possible, I find it very rewarding [...]