Mirroring: A calculated therapeutic technique or just conversation? Understanding how and why a shiny reflective surface might heal. By Jason N....
Mirroring: A calculated therapeutic technique or just conversation?
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For Therapists
Intuition: Our greatest personal gift or professional weakness?
In a field seen perhaps more for mystery and art than science, as psychologists we sometimes struggle to explain our methods and procedures. This is...
Why We Treat: The Inherent Juxtaposition of the Helping Professions
Ironically it seems obvious that our chosen profession is perhaps the greatest metaphor for the implementation of unconscious psychological defense....
Providing Treatment: So what exactly is treatment?
“Oh, he makes a big deal about boundaries, he’s so serious he won’t even hug her, she’s an old woman for God’s sakes.” The snickers suggest that my...
“Narcissistic,” losing its usefulness as a clinical descriptor?
The term conjures a variety of different images of self-centered and troubled characters. Curiously, these may also be the patients we love to make...