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Ecopsychology
Read more: EcopsychologyIn case you missed it, last weekend’s NYT Magazine asks, “Is There an Ecological Unconscious?” There are numerous psychological subfields that, to one degree or another, look at the interplay between human beings and their natural environment. But ecopsychology embraces a more revolutionary paradigm: just as Freud believed that neuroses were the consequences of dismissing…
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Cut Off from the Neck Down
Read more: Cut Off from the Neck DownA big excerpt from Daniel Siegel’s “Mindsight” is up at wheretheclientis.com. Dr. Siegel is a prolific brain science-meets therapy-meets mindfulness writer, based at UCLA. PR says: • Is there a memory that torments you, or an irrational fear you can’ t shake? • Do you sometimes become unreasonably angry or upset and find it hard…
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L.A. Therapists on Twitter
Read more: L.A. Therapists on TwitterIn the not-so-long-ago olden times, people looking for therapy would generally get a referral from someone they knew, go to the therapist, and get therapy. Simple as that. Things are different. Now you can shop online for a therapists via various directories (e.g., Psychology Today), therapist websites, blogs, and, if you like, on twitter. Therapists tend…
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Show Business Survival Kit: Patience
Read more: Show Business Survival Kit: PatienceWisdom from therapist Dennis Palumbo on the Huffington Post: Nowadays, few writers are advised to cultivate patience. There’s a lot of pressure to just write, to get it out there, to strive mightily to come up with the next high concept (“You got anything like Iron Man?” “We’re looking for another Harry Potter-type book.” “How about…
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How Other People’s Unspoken Expectations Control Us
Read more: How Other People’s Unspoken Expectations Control UsFrom a “10 Brilliant Social Psychology Studies” series on PsyBlog: A good exercise for learning about yourself is to think about how other people might view you in different ways. Consider how your family, your work colleagues or your partner think of you. Now here’s an interesting question: to what extent do you play up…