Role of psychotherapy in a post postmodern context
The following is very much a rough draft, but I haven't posted in a while so I thought I would put it out there. What I want to write about this morning is what is the... More »
The following is very much a rough draft, but I haven't posted in a while so I thought I would put it out there. What I want to write about this morning is what is the... More »
Recently participating as a witness in a complex psychotherapeutic intervention called therapeutic enactment -- which is an updated and refined form of Moreno's pioneering work on psychodrama -- has stimulated some thoughts and feelings about... More »
Therapeutic culture, if I may speak loosely in reference to postmodern therapeutic culture, has held as a key tenet, “thou shalt not be in denial”. I recall many years of my life when I felt... More »
I will evolve this post a little over-time, but please contribute as you see fit! (Cross-posted to the integral psychotherapy pod) Last week, I attended three days of a national counselling conference here in Vancouver,... More »
My dissertation research will look at what hopefully will be a novel intervention for individuals suffering from substance use disorders. The intervention will be integrally-informed. I am experimenting with blogging some parts of my thinking... More »
Time orientation is an important way of differentiating different approaches to psychotherapy: the most concise formulation of time orientation for integral psychotherapy I can think of right now is the following: "In the context of... More »
I wanted to let my Zaadz friends and anyone else who stumbles across this blog know about a conference call that three “regular folks”, including myself, will be conducting with Ken Wilber tomorrow at 9... More »
Hello there: I participated in a (very long) integral spiritual center conference call with Ken Wilber and several others who joined in today. The last thing Ken said at the end of the call I... More »
Just came off a tremendous KW webcast on Integral spiritual center, the first since Ken's return from harrowing health crisis; he was in fine spirits, and such clarity of expression (lisp and all!)...seek to make... More »
Positive psychotherapy has emerged relatively recently within the psychotherapy world, although it certainly has resonance with earlier threads such as humanistic and transpersonal approaches. We might think about why? why is positive psychotherapy emerging with... More »