It’s not everyday reading something on the Internet can move me to tears, but I’ve given up hope on seeing something like this post (and commentary) at Whiskey Fire. The study is not yet published and I know it only begins to scratch the surface but for the first time since the tests were [...]
Archive for the ‘Child abuse’ Category
Catch a fire
Posted in Any port in a storm, Child abuse, Class, Etiological ignorance, Family, Fourth Street, Narrative competence, Theory on December 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I try to praise the mutilated world
Posted in Art heals, Betrayal, Child abuse, Dirty Fucking Hippies, Family, Force, Fourth Street, Healthy speech is poetry, Liars, Mental illness, Murder is a Crime, NAMI and I are One, Pharmageddon, Psychophobia, Rwanda, Sexist bastards, Torture, War, tagged wordle on November 27, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I often wonder what it will look like to reach the point of not just surviving my misfortunes but being simply and profoundly grateful for every single thing that has ever happened to me. And why people who want things like that are so perplexing to those who don’t. Those who wonder, in their golden [...]
Ballad of a teenage queen
Posted in Art heals, BPD et al., Betrayal, Child abuse, Family, Feminist therapy, Force, Kick it over, Mental illness, Narrative competence, Pharmageddon, Proper genius, Psychophobia, Semiological guerrilla warfare, Sexist bastards, We Love Women, tagged poodlehappy, was tops in all they said never once went to her head on October 11, 2008 | 9 Comments »
She shouts for a reckoning with entire mouth and unspoilt heart. My friend Poodle (“Ursula”) from Christchurch NZ declares her joy, in love with these times. (rule for radicals: that’s why she’s a teacher and you’re not)
so thats me in the corner-thats me over there–was a hard arse interview 2 do-my dyslexia [...]
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Posted in BPD et al., CBT is shit-for-brains., Child abuse, Dirty Fucking Hippies, Media, Psychodynamics, Theory on July 25, 2008 | 13 Comments »
I likes it.
Via, an old wiki entry that’s been replaced by a more clinical definition, alas:
“The goal of psychodynamic therapy is the experience of truth. This truth must be encountered through the breakdown of psychological defenses. Simply stated:
[psychodynamic] psychotherapy teaches the client to be honest.
Individuals suffering from “psychological disorders” or deep-rooted “personality disorders,” often come [...]
Busy, busy busy
Posted in Any port in a storm, Child abuse, Class, Feminist therapy, Humanistic psychology, Mad in America, Mental illness, Narrative competence, tagged Careering, Serious People on July 8, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Our sensitive overlords at the National Center for Trauma-Informed Care are holding a conference this weekend; their 3rd in a series spanning two decades. I must be in pretty bad shape to consider this good news, but beneath the layers of shmooze and self-congratulation must lie some potential toward changing hearts and minds in the [...]
Where did our love go?
Posted in Betrayal, Biobabble, Child abuse, Etiological ignorance, Family, Force, Mad in America, Mental illness, NAMI and I are One, Pharmageddon, We Love Women, Wingnuttia on June 20, 2008 | 29 Comments »
Heard from our first NAMI defender today in a comment too fuckwadity to dissect though it’s befitting of due ridicule in what I hope to be the first in a protracted and honorable sword-crossing with our authoritarian rightwing mental health overlords. Participatory dialogue between consumers and families is so very long overdue it was with [...]
How do they get away with it?
Posted in Biobabble, Books, Child abuse, Etiological ignorance, Family, Force, Mad in America, NAMI and I are One, Pharmageddon, tagged the gamut on May 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Because “when fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag.”
That’s the principle behind NAMI’s propaganda-as-philanthropy campaign to exonerate themselves in the eyes of the world, which continues apace. And on the back of consumers, natch. They’ve delivered sets of 20 books to seven libraries. Who does that, and why? Imagine if the [...]
Viagra comes to mind
Posted in Betrayal, Child abuse, Family, Force, Media, NAMI and I are One, Narrative competence, Torture, We Love Women on May 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Shit. I haven’t been able to look at this, til talking on the phone with Poodie tonight who said the story isn’t getting proper coverage. So I went looking for the truth at Shakesville, who hits it out of the park from the git:
THIS story should be reported with purpose. If it is not to [...]
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