the hour of defeat

"The Piggle" by Winnicott is a curious case study of his work with a girl aged 3 that includes extracts from sessions as well as letters between him and the girl's parents. This section here so far is definitely the highlight.

got an overwhelming ick imagining my boyfriend waving at the players on the Tottenham bus yesterday

Today a squirrel got into my therapy room during a session. My training didn't cover this, but I'm just glad I'm not a psychoanalyst or I'd have to sit here and think about what the squirrel means, psychodynamically

Clip from "Chuck Amuck" where Chuck Jones shows people how to draw Bugs Bunny. While I personally am not a fan of his latter style, I can't deny that this is a great way to learn how to draw Bugs Bunny for beginners. It's certainly how I learned to draw him

“If a man is otherwise healthy, happy, and efficient, and his rare attacks of headache can be avoided by not eating lobster, for example, it would seem better that he avoid eating lobster than that he be analyzed.”--Leo Stone.

'If you want to be loved and liked, don't go into psychotherapy. Because you have to put up with people hating you, because they have not been able to express that hatred to the real people who didn't take care of them, didn't welcome them, ignored them.' - Estela Welldon

My MP is being modest here: if she'd included all the things they've done for other countries it would be even longer 👏👏👏

I will say, he has nailed this comparison

You shouldn't go to prison for cutting down a fucking tree

"Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to taking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young." Sigmund Freud

Getting good at doing therapy is largely about being able to spot which ones are load baring

Bob Mortimer name on Question Time: Emma Lentil