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Research findings, musings, and happeningsMentalization-Based Therapy for Adolescents
I have recently been increasing my use of mentalization-based therapy (MBT) in my practice. The aims of all MBT are to improve a person’s ability to mentalize, especially in close relationships. Having improved mentalizing ability means: Experiencing a more stable...
Addictions
Many people who are seeking therapy are also struggling with addictions. While there are many options to receive support, one online option I recommend is the Life Process Program. Developed by Dr. Stanton Peele, an internationally renowned addictions expert, it...
Your Child’s Life Story
Over the past several months I have been working with Stanton Peele and Zach Rhoads on how to support child development away from addictions. I had the delightful experience of co-writing an appendix with them for their book, Outgrowing Addiction: With Common Sense...
MCLS: Harry Potter and the Therapist’s Couch
GLC~NS held this seminar on on June 29th. Our focus was split between considering language and metaphor generally in the therapeutic process, and considering the Harry Potter series as a specific source of metaphor. Some key ideas we discussed included the power of...
Learning Feelings
Sometimes we have experiences that impact us, but we have difficulty putting words on it. In fact, some conceptualizations of trauma essentially speak to the lack of verablization as being a driving component of trauma's tendency to haunt us. In fact, there is a real...
Misleading data reports
As someone who values the work and knowledge building of research, I find it is important to be able to recognize some of the ways in which research gets misused or misunderstood. Ideally statistics are a way to take a mass of data and present it in a clearer way,...
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