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This is one of my favorite videos on psychoanalysis. It's short, clear, and in plain English. Enjoy! youtu.be/YNWy1ksxIDo

Can’t count how many times I’ve said here 1️⃣the benefits of psychotherapy depend on the expertise of the individual therapist not the therapy “brand” 2️⃣Choose a therapist, not a type of therapy 3️⃣Questions about whether a specific therapy approach or intervention is helpful

When I was a grad student, I had a few classes that had the word "personality" in the title. None actually talked about personality. It's vital to understand personality when working with people.

“We don’t know how to let ourselves linger long enough in feared emotions to discover the gold of information in them”. - Mary Jo Peebles, p. 108

I'm very eager to read the PDM-3 when it comes out. In the meantime, Nancy McWilliams is great in this interview. youtu.be/NNvTjWKa5VQ

Like it or not, but knowledge of psychodynamic principles is critical if a therapist wishes to understand their patients’ issues.

“A master therapist has a feedback loop in real time. They’re interacting with the patient and what they’re acually gauging is, how does the patient respond? The patient is basically teaching us how to do therapy for them—for one specific person.” youtu.be/YNWy1ksxIDo

Thankful for the wisdom of Donna Orange today. youtu.be/nCAETgRGKqk

It's impossible to be curious without confronting uncertainty.

More wisdom from Donna Orange. youtu.be/q2JHbXvbYb0

Donna Orange combined warmth, kindness, and compassion with thoughtful reflection on how to help those with trauma. youtu.be/6vGigOzY1_s

One way that psychotherapy helps people is by noticing with the patient the relationship patterns that emerge in the connection with the therapist. Examining them together helps people have the freedom to choose whether to continue those patterns.

All people see the world with some distortion. When the map is not the same as the terrain there is often a point of friction. Psychotherapy aims to understand these friction points.