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No Need to be Defensive if your Work is not Evidenced Based.
AI generated image of a student and humanistic mentor Don't get me wrong. I have a high respect for science and evidenced based...

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Apr 5, 20243 min read


A lesson on trauma: a personal story
When I was three, I was taken to the hospital in the afternoon for a tonsillectomy the next day. This was almost 70 years ago, a time...

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Oct 17, 20234 min read


Ketamine, Chemically Induced Hypnosis- the Road to Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
Ketamine may be the flower girl that is walking down the isle toward a marriage of biological and psychological psychiatry. We say this because the science tells us that Ketamine has a strong biological effect in benefiting patients. At the same time, it is somewhat of an hallucinogen, and has been described as an abreactive drug, that is, a drug that brings into consciousness thoughts and feelings that may be hard to access in ordinary states. In effect, Ketamine leads to

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Jul 25, 20213 min read


Self Centered, but not Selfish, Thoughts on Narcissism
Most of us heard the story of Narcissus in our childhood: he falls in love with his reflected image, and becomes so fixated that he...

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Jul 1, 20213 min read


Stressed out, What's the Problem?
The two gentlemen above are under stress. They are also in a fair amount of pain but if you were to ask, they would tell you that they...

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Jun 23, 20213 min read


Good Mourning
It is difficult to make the case that there is anything good about loss, for loss creates a wound. There is, however, something we might...

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Jun 22, 20214 min read


Forest Bathing and the Default Mode Network
The little fellow above is an American Caesar Mushroom that I met in the forest before the pandemic started. She is considered a choice...

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Jun 20, 20213 min read


Hum, What does my Therapist Think of Me?
While in the middle of a therapy session a patient who is opening up his soul to a therapist might wonder from time to time wonder, what...

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Jun 18, 20213 min read


Ok, What are We up to with our New and Upgraded Website?
A Website has the obvious role of attracting attention to one's business. We certainly want to do that, but more importantly we also...

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Jun 15, 20211 min read
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