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Monthly Archives: May 2014
Psychiatric Epidemic – Part 1:The Roots – Robert Whitaker
Okay, this is a long watch. However, if you are a therapist or taking, or thinking of taking, psychiatric drugs, it’s an important one. This is not about an agenda that people do/don’t make that decision – which we think … Continue reading
Posted in anti-depressants, Mad in America, medical model, Monica Cassani, psychiatric drugs, psychiatry, research evidence, Robert Whitaker
Tagged Anatomy of an Epidemic, anti-depressants, antidepressants, Beyond Meds, brain chemistry, depression, disorder model, Mad in America, medical model, Monica Cassani, Palace Gate Counselling Service, psychiatric drugs, Psychiatric Epidemic, psychiatric medication, psychiatric model, Psychosis, Robert Whitaker, SSRI
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Khalil Gibran, Oriah Mountain Dreamer & Challenges to our perceptions
Khalil Gibran, Oriah Mountain Dreamer & Challenges to our perceptions Click on the link to Facebook for this Gibran quotation and Oriah’s interesting and helpful comments. We think she makes an essential point, that often gets missed by ‘positive thinking’ … Continue reading
Posted in actualizing tendency, grief, healing, human condition, Khalil Gibran, organismic experiencing, Oriah Mountain Dreamer, sadness & pain, therapeutic growth, transformation
Tagged grief, grieving process, healing, Khalil Gibran, law of attraction, organismic experience, Oriah Mountain Dreamer, Palace Gate Counselling Service, positive thinking, therapeutic growth, therapeutic process
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Paulo Coelho on Relationship & Actualising
“Love is not to be found in someone else but in ourselves; we simply awaken it. But in order to do that, we need the other person.” Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter
Posted in actualizing tendency, core conditions, human condition, love, Paulo Coelho, person centred, relationship
Tagged actualising, actualizing, core conditions, Eleven Minutes, love, Palace Gate Counselling Service, Paulo Coelho, person-centred, relationship, therapeutic relationship
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Micah Ingle on Loving Openly
‘One of the coolest things I saw in Houston this past week was at a Mediterranean restaurant. We were sitting outside and this clever bird found a great food source in the abandoned leftovers of customers who had just left. … Continue reading
Posted in congruence, interconnection & belonging, love, Micah Ingle, natural world, organismic experiencing, self concept
Tagged being seen, belonging, congruence, interconnectedness, love, Micah Ingle, openness, organismic experience, Palace Gate Counselling Service, self concept, self image, web of life
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The Well of Grief: David Whyte
The Well of Grief: David Whyte Click on the title for this beautiful photograph from David’s Facebook page, and profound poem. Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter THE WELL OF GRIEF Those who will not slip beneath the still surface on the … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, David Whyte, grief, healing, human condition, sadness & pain
Tagged David Whyte, emotions, feelings, grief, healing, loss, organismic experiencing, pain, Palace Gate Counselling Service, person-centred, poetry, River Flow, sadness, source, spirituality, The Well of Grief
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The Topography of Tears: Rose-Lynn Fisher
The Topography of Tears: Rose-Lynn Fisher Click on the title for this beautiful and fascinating project by Rose-Lynn, mapping the microscopic structures of her tears and noticing that – like each snowflake – each tear differs. Tears of laughter and tears … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, creativity, grief, human condition, immanence, natural world, perception, photographs & pictures, sadness & pain, tears
Tagged beloved, grief, human condition, internal locus, joy, micro photography, microphotography, Palace Gate Counselling Service, person-centred, personhood, Rose-Lynn Fisher, The Topography of Tears
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Lessons from the Mental Hospital: Glennon Doyle Melton at TED
Powerful account from Glennon of her personal journey – through conditions of worth and pretence into self-acceptance; through using alcohol, drugs and eating to disconnect from difficult experience/emotion, into organismic experiencing and connection with her feeling self/others. Palace Gate Counselling … Continue reading
Posted in actualizing tendency, clients' perspective, conditions of worth, Disconnection, Eating, interconnection & belonging, sadness & pain, self concept, shame, TED, therapeutic growth
Tagged 'eating disorder', abusive eating, actualising, actualizing, addiction, alcohol abuse, anger, anxiety, binging, Brené Brown, bulimia, compulsive behaviour, conditions of worth, destructive behaviour, disconnection, fear, Glennon Doyle Melton, organismic experience, Palace Gate Counselling Service, person-centred, pretending, purging, self concept, self harm, separation, TED, truth
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James Hillman: The Mirror of Your Life
“…you find your genius by looking in the mirror of your life. Your visible image shows your inner truth, so when you’re estimating others, what you see is what you get. It therefore becomes critically important to see generously, or … Continue reading
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