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Sociopathy is often better described as ASPD (Antisocial Personality Disorder). The purpose of this piece is educational and not advisory. Individuals’ psychologies differ not just in terms of “conditions” but also temperament, perspectives, histories, world views,...
Freud - Man, Legend, Fraud Freud remains a towering figure in psychology, 130 odd years after founding psychodynamic analysis and enriching many a couch seller. The success of his work was such that psychoanalysis is still a byword for psychotherapy at large, though...
Sociopaths Vs Psychopaths Both terms are now obsolete for the purposes of therapy, but their continued use requires clarification. Therapists talk only of ASPD (Anti-social Personality Disorder) to recognise also the valuable public contributions that some sociopaths...
Stoicism on emotional control and sound living It might sound odd to speak of Stoicism, an ancient philosophy, in the context of modern therapeutic care. And yet Stoicism prones concepts and principles that can be found in many modern therapy schools: Living...
Borderline Personality Disorder explained BPD is a spectrum of behavioural disorders marked by emotional instability, distorted sense of self, unstable relationships, struggles with intimacy, empathy. Patients consult therapists for their own BPD, or their partner's....
Psychotherapists can hold a particular image in the collective unconscious, and the idea of baring our souls to them can trigger curiosity into how they got into psychotherapy themselves. The wounded healer in psychotherapy has a special place in therapy itself thanks...
What is logotherapy? Psychotherapeutic schools of thought do not exist in a void, they are influenced by the experiences of their founders, by their cultural and historical environment. Occasionally as in the case of Viktor Frankl they are birthed directly from...
Respect is that keystone quality of healthy relationships. Respect is accrued when we show honesty and consideration for each other (even if we disagree). Respect is built when we support each other, and avoid decisions that will harm our partner, psychologically or...
Empathy: Our vital social currency Empathy is near-magical, hard to define, something more naturally felt than explained. It is our simple, genial ability to share and "feel" the same feelings as someone else. Different people will show different levels of empathy, as...
"They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, This side of paradise, 1920 Intimacy, maybe our favorite emotion: Intimacy is one of the most beautiful parts of a relationship and one that deep down most of us most...
CBT - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a straight-forward psychotherapeutic approach and exercises aiming at ridding someone of unhelpful cognitive distortions. It is one of the most widely used psychotherapeutic approaches today and...
Transactional Analysis is a psychotherapeutic school founded during the 60's by Eric Berne (1910-1970) in Montreal. It is a model that draws a lot of its power and relevance from its simplicity, making it widely understood an usable. It is a humanistic model that...
