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Psychologist. Personal thoughts, not professional advice. An account for therapists.
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It’s a tough case, we have all Four Horsemen and then some 😂
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It might take more than a ‘date night’ 🤣
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😂👏🏻
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🤣
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This sounds like a one-person vs. two-person steak debate 🤣
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Even a simple, “I don’t know, let’s play with that and see where it goes,” does wonders for tilting the tone toward exploration and away from fear.
- Mary Jo Peebles
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Book deal!!👏🏻 Congrats! I’m sure it will be a wonderful contribution.
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I think the high stakes, high ambiguity nature of psychotherapeutic practice makes charismatic “leaders” and their theories very appealing. The appearance of certainty can seem like a lifeline.
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“Moods, thoughts and actions never have just a singular cause, despite our wish for one that can explain it all.”
Great post @dbwrites.bsky.social 👏🏻
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I agree that the relationship is necessary but not alway sufficient for change; there is obviously more to it. Alas, due to the character limits, we can only capture a sliver of the topic at a time!
The paper this quote comes from speaks to your comment, as well.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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It comes from this book. My understanding is that they combined the results of several studies to arrive at this “portrait”, although I suspect if we really dug in, we’d find shades of gray and a few party animals 😉🤣
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
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Fly the friendly skies! 😉🤣
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Therapy role plays vs. Ryan L’s role plays 🤣
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Sometimes clients do not speak about such discrepancies, but alert therapists may notice nonverbal cues and inquire, for example, “How did that sound to you? I’m not sure it really fit.”
- Sandage et al.
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If the therapist is able to receive the clarification with simple acknowledgment (e.g., a nod and “I see”), the dyad may proceed with minimal disruption despite the initial misunderstanding…
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A. Rascal stars in:
“Shadow Side Story”
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“From the gentleman at the Genius Bar…” 🤣🍸
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Absolutely. When countertransference isn’t discussed, much is lost. It may leave the impression that treatment can be conducted at ‘arms length’, and that the therapist is akin to an instructor/skills trainer. There is a place for that but it isn’t the whole story. Far from it.
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Now let’s do something about the ascot 🤣
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Your post reminds me of this quote by Frank Yeomans:
“Narcissism…is to make up for something that is missing within the self…It is a narrative of the self that looks impressive but covers over an emptiness…If you’re having coffee with them, you might just want to leave.”
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Every aspect of an analyst's clinical activity is determined in part by his or her personal psychology.
- Owen Renik
(Thanks to @jaycelong.bsky.social for the quote)