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Don’t Call Me a Therapist

Mad in America

I just think that it is your expression of a misunderstood, imprecise and outdated definition of what mental health work entails. But I give you access to my professional perspectives and reflections, in the hope and belief that you will be able to use them for increased self-awareness and personal growth.

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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

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Later, DSM-III-R (1987) expanded the definition to include sexual assault, and DSM-IV (1994) emphasized individual responses like fear or helplessness. While expanding trauma criteria is often justified as necessary for inclusivity and compassion, critics contend that these expansions may be driven, by some, out of self-interest.

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2017: My Descent Into Mayhem

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No definitive ‘A’ led to ‘B’ and therefore ‘C’, but more like I swallowed the English alphabet and spat out hieroglyphs. I speculate now about withdrawal akathisia, extreme sleep deprivation, spiritual awakening, deep awareness, empathy and sensory experiencing, an invalidating environment, defensiveness, corruption and spiritual attack.

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On Psychotherapeutic Literacy

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Clients should be well aware of the responsible boundaries separating them from their therapist. ” Yet, all the elements describing that cursed disorder, except for the tendency to engage in random fights with strangers, appeared to mirror my own self. It was a wholly unfamiliar dynamic they had never encountered before.

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Toxic Interactions: Social Circumstances and Well-Being

Mad in America

There was no consensus, other than to agree that the phenomenon ‘Schizophrenia’ resists a clear definition. Every doctoral student discovers this, and, equally, discovers that their success is going to depend upon becoming deeply immersed in the details of what is already agreed within their chosen, narrow, self-contained field of study.

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Multiplicity and Mad Studies: An Interview with Jazmine Russell

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Even at 17, I had enough awareness to recognize that something was seriously wrong with that experience, that there was something fundamentally flawed in the way we treat people. Russell: At this point, many people are aware that trauma is a major factor that can lead to psychosis. Diving into that research was fascinating for me.

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TV Series "Shrinking" S2 — Is Therapy Really Like This? (Part 2)

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Sean just landed in the hospital after getting into a fight. Liz definitely would have averted the whole thing with more honest and direct communication of her needs to Derek, but I think she does the right thing here by coming clean to her husband, even though its a hard conversation to have. Definitely some chemistry there!