I'm baaaaaaaaack theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2… This week's column: "We buy things, we watch things, we listen to things, we squeeze things, we try things on and send things back, and we do, do, do – we do to stay in the shallows, so we don’t have to be in the depths."

" To be understood and responded to by another human being is the earliest form of regulation, beginning in infancy and continuing throughout life."

We. Are. Dancing. Animals.

Patients after years of analysis 😅 #Psychoanalysis

The theoretical and clinical potency of psychoanalysis is out of sync with its flaccid public profile. We live in an era when depth therapy is under attack. Brilliance may not be enough; psychoanalysis needs to be heard and understood.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 recently published “From Object Relations to Public Relations: Making Psychodynamic Theory Accessible.” The paper is currently inaccessible without a journal subscription 🤣 Where the paper was, there six month embargo shall be.

BiteSize Therapy Depth therapy is under attack because depth thinking is under attack. People want certainty and binaries instead of nuance and contradiction. Precisely what depth therapy offer. Society seems to be regressing!

For years I've experienced the exclusionary language of psychoanalysis as I suspect many therapists have. If I hadn't been persistent, I likely would have thrown the baby out with the bathwater.

We don’t learn to ride bikes primarily via manuals, but via repeated trial/error, facing fears, rising after falls; similarly, growth in being & relating isn’t gained via books, but repeated experiences, noticing patterns, working thru emotion, & trying new ways of interacting.

Henry M. CatBush SadBush burning masochistically The original analogy captures part of it. Part of the difficulty is that often we’ve already learned more narrow and rigid ways to “ride bikes” that causes us problems. So there’s an unlearning and relearning that takes even more time…

Season 2 is almost here!

Does couple’s counseling work? What even is communication? Why doesn’t he ever help with the dishes? Why does she always wanna talk? Frannyfanny has the answers! Season 2 premiere of #wtfislife youtu.be/wnPQ14xCvd8?si…

Dr. Max Frannyfanny Omg what?! So excited to listen to this!!!!

Dr. Max Frannyfanny Man. Your podcasts are good! Keep up the work!

It was fun to chit-chat with you, Max!

A good listen!

Yay! Dr. Max is back for season 2 with a great listen!

Wonderful “brief” explainer by the always thoughtful Kemtrup

A beautiful passage from James Hollis on how we walk between worlds.