Tag Archives: politics
I read boring psychology textbooks so you don’t have to.
I mean it. It is perhaps the one part of me that is aligned with the Buddha: my wish to prevent other people’s suffering. Unfortunately I am a therapist so other people’s suffering is something I really can’t avoid. So. … Continue reading
The Last Day of the Year Blog of 2012
Starting a tradition with this post, even though traditions often are hard work. Here we are at the end of another year, and despite lots of internet noise, the world did not end on December 21. I was in Las … Continue reading
Posted in Dandy, Mental health therapy
Tagged apocalypse, Arab Spring, authority, exhaustion, fiscal cliff., messiah, new years eve, politics, private practice, resolutions, society, therapy, zombies
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Things don’t always mean what you think they mean in therapy. Part 3.
Truth versus Comfort (special election 2012 edition) It’s hard not to let the election this past week influence the latest topic, so here goes. There is no question that as humans we have an amazing array of abilities (some would … Continue reading
Posted in Mental health therapy, Therapy
Tagged 2012, cave man, comfort, deceit, defense mechanisms, elections, introjects, lies, politics, self deception, therapy. mental health, truth
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Suicide II
There’s a reason newspapers don’t report the details of suicides. It is irrational, superstitious, bizarre, but also one hundred percent completely true. Suicide is contagious. Like cooties. But lethal. The hard to accept truth is that when suicides have been … Continue reading
Therapy is Dandy! 