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Monthly Archives: April 2014
Pema Chödrön on compassion between equals
Pema Chödrön on compassion between equals Click on the title for this Facebook picture (Art by Brian Jekel) and a wonderful quotation from Pema Chödrön, from her book, “The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times.” … Continue reading
Posted in core conditions, empowerment, equality, fear, healing, human condition, interconnection & belonging, kindness & compassion, Palace Gate Counselling Service, Pema Chödrön, person centred, power, relationship, therapeutic relationship
Tagged Brian Jekel, compassion, core conditions, equality, equalizing power, fear, healer, human condition, Palace Gate Counselling Service, Pema Chödrön, person-centred, power imbalance in therapy, self awareness, shadow, The Places That Scare You, The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times, wounded, wounded healer
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Robert M. Hensel: I choose not to place ‘dis’ in my ability
Robert M. Hensel: I choose not to place ‘dis’ in my ability Click on the title for a personal perspective on Asperger’s, and what is/isn’t helpful. Palace Gate Counselling Service
When children are asked, antidepressants are no more effective than placebo: Susan Perry
When children are asked, antidepressants are no more effective than placebo: Susan Perry Click on the title for an interesting article by Susan Perry about a meta-analysis by Glen Spielmans, an associate professor of psychology at Metropolitan State University. Susan herself … Continue reading
Posted in anti-depressants, clients' perspective, empowerment, internal locus of evaluation, medical model, Monica Cassani, person centred, political, psychiatric drugs, research evidence
Tagged anti-depressants, anti-depressants in children, anti-depressants research, antidepressants, antidepressants in children, antidepressants research, Beyond Meds, fluroxetine, Glen Spielmans, Joanna Moncrieff, Katherine Gerwig, medical model, Metropolitan State University, Monica Cassani, Palace Gate Counselling Service, prozac, psychiatric drugs, psychiatric model, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Susan Perry
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Jung on coming to consciousness
“There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own Soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” … Continue reading
e.e. cummings: you are tired (I think)
You are tired (I think) Of the always puzzle of living and doing; And so am I. Come with me then And we’ll leave it far and far away – (Only you and I understand!) You have played (I think) … Continue reading
Posted in e.e. cummings, human condition, love, poetry, relationship, sleep
Tagged e.e. cummings, human condition, love, poetry, relationship, sleep
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Recent BACP process
This is a slightly expanded version of a statement we have prepared about the BACP process that has just ended. We have some additional comments on this process, and those appear at the end of this post, under the heading … Continue reading
Henri Nouwen on Forgiveness
Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all of us love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour – unceasingly. That is the great work … Continue reading
Gabriel García Márquez on Rebirth & Human Condition
“He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth … Continue reading
Posted in actualizing tendency, creativity, Gabriel García Márquez, human condition, person centred, therapeutic growth, transformation
Tagged actualising, actualizing, Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera, Palace Gate Counselling Service, person-centred, rebirth, reinvention, therapeutic growth, therapeutic process
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