Psychoanalysis
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Working With Abusers
The tendency is to villainize abusers but trying to get them to accept the role of villain is...
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Communism And Narcissism
Everyone is a communist. The only real question is how far out their primary narcissism allows them to...
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Abuse At The Hands Of Primary Caregivers
The psychoanalytic explanation for why abuse at the hands of primary caregivers is so detrimental to the psyche,...
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Clients Have To Want To Change
You may have heard this joke: Q: How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb?...
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Emotional Wounds Are Like Physical Wounds
From the psychoanalytic point of view the paradox occurs that areas of conversation where people feel at ease,...
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Insight Is Not Enough
People who are struggling with life problems usually labor under the misconception that if they can just figure...
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Emotional Detachment Is Not The Inability To Access Emotions
Emotional detachment is a response, usually taken in childhood, to adverse environmental conditions. It’s a rather clever way...
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Choosing The Right Career Path
It’s a fact that many people who choose their own career paths don’t have much passion for or...
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Internal Feeling Of Emptiness
All of the external indicators of success in the world, indicators like wealth, power, popularity, and prestige, can’t...
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Poisonous Actions And Projection
People who say and do poisonous things, whose destructive words and actions make others suffer, are trying to...
