The basic emotional issues that drive us, and their implications for the most common psychological problems: depression, anxiety, shame, low self-esteem, etc.
For anyone who’s interested, here’s the radio interview I did last week with Deb Scott on her program The Best People We Know. I felt completely at ease this time, and that experience has convinced me I need to speak more ‘off the cuff’ on my videos, rather than having the whole thing scripted. Listen […]
Second Radio Interview Read More »
I’d like to continue making videos for my YouTube channel; I want to do a series of lectures or talks that would be easier and faster to produce, without all the editing involved in using film clips. I’ve got some thoughts about what might work, but I’d like to ask for your input on this
A Request for Input Read More »
Envy is a normal human emotion; when coupled with a basic and profound sense of personal shame, it becomes toxic.
Shame and How It Produces Envy Read More »
Adult “attachment” in the form of a deep psychotherapy relationship can lead to significant healing, years after a failed attachment during infancy.
Attachment Theory and the Healing Psychotherapy Relationship Read More »
If your mother doesn’t idealize you when you’re baby, you may spend the rest of your life looking for someone to feel that you’re truly special.
When Babies Aren’t Idealized Read More »
Announcing a new YouTube video about bipolar disorder.
New YouTube Channel Read More »
In early infantile development, the baby projects unbearable experience into its caretakers who, by responding appropriately to what is needed, function as a kind of external container for that experience, gradually helping the infant to develop a mind of its own.
The Development of Mind and Meaning (Part I) Read More »
A degree of parental hostility and resentment toward infants is normal though not usually acknowledged. This article looks at ways we may unconsciously give voice to those feelings, or split them off and direct them elsewhere.
Of Puppies and Parenting Read More »
Using some of Freud’s more speculative ideas as a starting point, this article discusses the biological roots of shame as the ‘felt knowledge” that one’s development has gone seriously awry.
The Biological Roots of Basic Shame Read More »
In the psychotherapy relationship, the therapy itself is about the client’s needs while the fee concerns the therapist’s need to earn a living. When the fee is reduced due to financial hardship, the client still receives what he or she needs but the therapist must make do with less.
The Question of Sliding Scale Payment in Psychodynamic Therapy Read More »