Psychoanalysis, like religion and medicine, turns panic into meaning. It makes fear bearable by making it interesting. And it does this in the most ordinary way: through conversation with another person.

—Adam Phillips

“If we can find the magic self-help book or therapist or personal trainer or Instagram filter, we will truly be able to get rid of the parts of ourselves we feel ashamed of, or hate…It is a powerful fantasy.”

That fantasy is the dream of every grifter.
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/a…

“Our patients absorb us. This is why personal therapy is a necessity.” - Mary Jo Peebles

Ogden: “The analyst, when talking to a patient in his own voice, does not sound 'like an analyst'; his voice is that of an ordinary person speaking to another ordinary person in a way that is personal to the other person and to the history of their relationship.”

In the psychoanalytic life history, what was, is, and what is, was.
- Roy Schafer

The solar eclipse over the Blasket Islands… #WestKerry

🎶🎶🎶Colm Mac Con Iomaire

'Ambivalence and the toleration of it by the individual implies a considerable degree of growth and health' (D.W. Winnicott , 1958).

Psychotherapy is Holding, containing, and bearing witness!!!!

The only way is through!! 🛋️

Object relations a la David Shrigley

Finally getting time to watch the Amanda Jones interview - we are truly indebted to such a special lady! Thank you MIND in MIND #AmandaJones #AngelaJoyce #MichelaBiseo #ParentInfantPsychotherapy

'Free association itself is the psychic act of relinquishing, as far as possible, one's slavish devotion to internal censors'
—Adam Phillips

The best Christmas song…

Wounded child no surviving family – The Irish Times irishtimes.com/opinion/letter…

We need to stop children growing up feeling that emotions such as “angry,” “sad,” or “worried” are bad emotions.

They are not!

They are normal, healthy emotions and we need to encourage children to recognise when they feel them so that they can then learn how to regulate them.

This is so concerning. The life long impact of such a traumatic start to life will likely be felt for generations to come. #CeasefireInGazaNOW

Even though Freud remains my main man, this quote from Jung is among the wisest in the whole of psychoanalysis:

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”

Karen Maroda 😍 #Psychoanalysis

Saturday seminar - working with children under 5y/o 😍 #Psychoanalysis #InfantMH

Why is the right environment essential for neurodivergent people?

Because, the wrong environment will ultimately lead to two outcomes:

- Masking your true authentic self - or
- Meltdown or shutdown because being your self leads to you being judged, punished or invalidated.