People who argue that the insertion of politics into therapy can be trying to convey: have some empathy—don’t be limited by your own perspective. People who argue that therapy is political can be trying to convey: have some empathy—don’t be limited by your own perspective.

Y'all don't have a breeding fetish. It's a perversion; you can't work thru the conflict between eternal childhood and developmental imperatives to shack up and have kids. You make it a thing but you're really just scared man babies and fem toddlers.

Most people are built to do something meaningful. Trustafarians burn out on drugs. Middle classers who make it get divorced or compulsively work more than ever b/c they don't know what else to do. Making it was never a good end; doing something worthwhile could be tho

See these problems a lot w/ younger patients. It's really destroyed their capacity for romance in some cases. Some aren't really even aware of romance as a real and realistic idea.

Object permanence be like

“The therapist’s worldview is in itself isolating. Seasoned therapists view relationships differently, they sometimes lose patience with social ritual and bureaucracy, they cannot abide the fleeting shallow encounters and small talk of many social gatherings.” Irvin D. Yalom

I help people feel bad so they can feel bad better and sometimes feel better too

Islands in the Stream

I teach adults seeking their high school diploma. The first question I ask them, is if they like to read. Their answer to that one question is usually the biggest indicator to me as to whether they will succeed or fail. Today, I had a young man come in to take a placement test

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I'm April Fools, my wife made 'cake pops' but they were really chocolate covered brussel sprouts.

Correct -- I will not allow any blackpilling whatsoever. We're going to be fine. America is going to be OK. A decent hardworking fella can still find a house, a wife, and a purpose. WWIII is not on the horizon; the climate isn't going to boil over into a

𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖊 🕯 So does any thinking person, it is natural. I contend that no one with an active intellect can stay squeaky clean on that score..

The best preparation for graduate study in psychotherapy is a broad familiarity with the humanities, especially literature.

“The Russian language has two words for truth. The word most Americans know is ‘pravda’—the truth that seems evident on the surface. It’s subjective and infinitely malleable, which is why the Soviet Communists called their party newspaper ‘Pravda.’ But the real truth, the

It’s not just being misunderstood, but misunderstood in a way that makes clear the other has not considered the possibility they may have misunderstood. For them, it’s fact their misunderstanding is what I said and meant The more misunderstood, the less inclined I am to explain.

Ben Michael In my outpt experience, “Supportive therapy” is the safest generic modality to list. It’s evidence based, it genuinely encompasses psychodynamics. And it can be ~anything. Importantly, it’s not time limited, unlike some the acronyms you list, should insurance ever scrutinize.

everyone has “I wonder what would happen if” thoughts, but toddlers actually do the shit. I respect that.

"But what if I get hurt again?" What if you obtain the deepest desires of your heart, idiot

"Understanding the past so that we can understand how it is playing out in the present so that we can see new possibilities for the future.” —BiteSize Therapy