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On the plethora of Therapeutic modalities
There's a genre of book that's the therapy modality book. They're all the same. They go I was a therapist and what I was doing wasn't working, and then I discovered <specific technique the book is advocating> and then it cured me and all my clients and now things are great and... I like everything everybody is saying but haven't seen, The modalities are exercising different muscles and when one gets popular it's because it's touching a muscle group that is underdeveloped culturally.... - annabeth...
Really good points. I definitely know a lot of rooted masculine men, and actually discovered in therapy this week the literal ways I create distance with them. This concept of projective harmonization is really resonating with me right now.... Read the full post - nat...
Awesome that your therapist didn't make you wrong.
I also want to mention that in Kegan’s data, something like 66% of people are "3rd order"… (the equivalent of amber), so this makes a lot of sense! Traditional integral definitions of amber focus too much on surface features rather than the deep meaning making.... - renee...
Hey Nat! Well the issue that originally triggered me, that led me to seek therapy, is no longer a trigger. I have so much more space around it. She deconstructed the fck out of my limiting beliefs. I didn't even know therapists do that.... - txvagabond...
Put your beliefs on trial
In therapy, I learned to debunk (or affirm) my personal convictions through Socratic Method.
anybody else do this?
- onHow can I make the tools of dialectical thinking (like Otto Laske’s thought forms) more accessible to everyday people, not just to developmental researchers and coaches?bymetanick...
You could try some of the methods in the book "Metathinking" by Bruno Frischherz and Nick Shannon. You could also look at some of the methods employed by Dialectical Behaviour Therapy - See Michaela Swales and Marsha Linehan (both on Youtube).... - Redelman...
Navigating the Polycrisis with Wisdom
Fresh insights that make a difference about conscious culture creation for leaders, therapists, artists, and activists. https://livingartswisdom.substack.com/p/major-evolutionary-transitions-and?r=kx4b4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true... Read the full post - Feedapoet...
Happily retired. I enjoy fixing things.
Typical project. Get 'em cheap on eBay.
Repairimg them is excellent therapy for me!
Thanks, I've wanted to but cant seem to get myself there. I will try again. Hoping to see someone within the next month.
- Satinleader...
Where is this headed?
My husband and I have been in our relationship for nearly 21 years now, only 3 of which have been as an actual married couple and that mostly because I have pushed for it from the start I believe.... - Daniel1948...
By talking about it of course. Isn’t that why you are here?
- Alfiealfie...
Hey you are a human. Your feelings are what anyone paying attention is feeling. You’re important. Depression is not the same as sadness and will impact your sleep your appetite and physical well being.... - kmitcham...
Hello, tell me more about the healing and therapy you provide.
Thanks
- onPain and suffering- the difference looks massive to me lately. Someone was rude to me earlier today. The in-the-moment impact of his words was discomfort (pain), but the suffering happens in the rumination. by
Marsha Linehan, creator of DBT (dialectical behavior therapy) and seemingly an amazing woman, is credited with this formula:
Pain + nonacceptance = suffering /Pain without acceptance = suffering