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“I'm fine.
Well, I'm not fine—
I'm here."
"Is there something
wrong with that?"
"Absolutely.”

—Ned Vizzini

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Sometimes the bravest and most important thing we can do is just show up.

—Brené Brown

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In Hollywood, if you don’t have a shrink, people think you’re crazy.

—Johnny Carson

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How people treat you is their karma. How you react is yours.

—Wayne Dyer

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The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

—Carl Rogers

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We do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.

—Anaïs Nin

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It is a joy to be hidden, and a disaster not to be found.

—Donald Winnicott

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Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

—Karen Horney

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Sometimes, when it’s quiet, surprising things happen.

—Mary Pipher

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You are full of surprises.

—Karen Johnson

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Poem: Therapy

Poem: Therapy from the Garden

Poem: Speech Therapy

Poem: The Secret Panel

Poem: My therapist called it “climate despair”

Poem: My Therapist Talks About Biddle City

Poem: My Therapist Wants to Know about My Relationship to Work

Poem: History of a Therapist

Poem: Flourishing

Poem: Self-Care Is a Psy-Op

Poem: Pathogenesis

Poem: What of Fire?

Poem: On Anger

Poem: Names for Hunger

Poem: Ode to People Who Hate Me

Poem: Demon and The Dove

Poem: Freud’s War

Poem: Freud’s Beautiful Things

Poem: The Forms of Resistance

Poem: From “Unexhausted Time”

Poem: Truth-Taking Stare

Poem: Oneirology

Poem: Pops Dead Four Months. Remembering Pops Taught Me to Float on My Back. Watching “Moonlight” on My Delta Flight After Leaving Abuela Ana’s Casket with Abuelo’s in Santiago, Dominican Republic.

Poem: Night Bird

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Freud and Beyond

Freudian psychology

Defense mechanisms

Id, ego & super-ego

Drive theory

Object relations

Projection

Projective identification

Introjection

Transference

Countertransference

Cathexis

Splitting

Sublimation

Reaction formation

Dream theory

Death drive

Repetition compulsion

Self Psychology

Egosyntonic vs egodystonic

Psychoanalytic terms & concepts

APA dictionary of psychology

Dear Therapist

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Modalities

EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

IFS: Internal Family Systems

Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy

AEDP: Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy

Relational Somatic Healing

Somatic Experiencing

CBT: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

DBT: Dialectical Behavior Therapy

ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Mindful Focusing

Brainspotting

NVC: Nonviolent Communication

Flash Technique

MBSR: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Deconstructing Anxiety

Mindful Self-Compassion

Attachment Theory

Polyvagal Theory

Multiple Intelligences Theory

Yalom Group Process

Motivational Interviewing

Moderation Management & Harm Reduction

Myers-Briggs 16 Personality Types

Enneagram

Authentic Movement

Family Constellations

Logotherapy

Karuna Training & the Five Wisdom Energies (secular contemplative Buddhist psychology)

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