Sen aramadıkça ve talep etmedikçe sana hakkını vermeye gönüllü kimse az bulunur. Hatta, sen istemezsen, hakkın olmadığını düşünmeye dahi başlayabilirler.

“Empathy is not only the therapist’s intuitive emotional awareness of the patient’s central emotional experience at a certain point; it must also include the therapist’s capacity to empathize with what the patient cannot tolerate within himself.” Kernberg

İyi insanlar melek değildir; yalnızca içlerinde pusuda bekleyen kötülüğü, fırsat doğduğunda bile eyleme dökmemek için çaba harcayanlardır.

For some of my clinical work, I am supervised by psychologists and psychotherapists. I am also in several peer supervision groups. I have great appreciation for psychologists and psychotherapists. So my post is not an attack or disregard on these professions. But I am

“I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't.” — Albert Camus

“A recent study examined 500 videos that had accrued roughly 25 million views. Medical professionals went through each clip and found that 84% offered inaccurate or potentially damaging advice.” 👇

Academic work *about* clinical work, by people who don’t do clinical work… is often pretty tone deaf if I’m being real.

„The love of libraries, like most loves, must be learned. I have no feelings of guilt regarding the books I have not read and perhaps will never read. I know that my books have unlimited patience. They will wait for me till the end of my days.“ Alberto Manguel

The most valuable thing you can do with this moment before you is meet another person in their fear, suffering, or vulnerability with kindness and understanding.

Virginia Woolf

“Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.” — Albert Camus

8 myths about psychoanalytic therapy* (If they taught you any this in your training, your instructors didn’t know what they were talking about. Sorry.) ❌Therapist is largely silent ❌Therapist is a stone-faced blank screen ❌Therapist doesn’t express opinions/judgments about

A healthy argument is an effort between two people to uncover the truth.

One of the most important Schopenhauer lessons: "Suffering is inevitable, but how we respond to it is where we find meaning."

“The challenge is that the algorithms are going to feed your kids all sorts of stuff,” the clinical psychologist Lisa Damour says. “They are designed to see what it takes to get a kid to be unable to walk away.” nyer.cm/Ieo8oy9

Global study on personality disorders The Lancet Researchers reviewed 60 high-quality studies from 28 countries, analyzing data from over 500,000 individuals. Key findings: About 4–5% of adults have a personality disorder, with higher rates among men and in high-income

“All people have a personality; it is a mistake to conflate personality styles with ‘disorders.’ Unfortunately, the DSM, from 1980 on, has led many clinicians to make just this mistake. To include personality styles in a taxonomy of ‘disorders,’ the framers of DSM-III described

Akademik akran zorbalığı (academic bullying), uluslararası literatürde açık biçimde tanımlanan; çoğu zaman gizli, meşrulaştırılmış ve kurumsal kılıflar altında işleyen bir güç istismarıdır. Benzer akademik statüdeki aktörlerin bir başka akademisyeni sistematik biçimde baskı

'Kierkegaard okuyup Kısmetse Olur izleyemez miyim' diyen kızın videosu geldi aklıma (aramaya üşendim) Futbol izleyen insanların dünyanın diğer meselelerinden kopuk olduğuna nasıl kanaat getiriyoruz peki? Camus'nün bizzat kendisinin futbolcu olduğunu düşünürsek acaba futbol seven