Tag: the therapeutic relationship

Healing My Broken Story: The Power of Compassionate Relationship

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Richard was more than a therapist; he was a faithful witness to my spiritual transformation. His faith in me is the sturdy banister I hold on to as I move forward.

Someone I Used to Know

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When I sit in Billieā€™s office, I am still 13 years old, bitter anger saturating my body. I am 23, sobbing that I cannot do this anymore. I am 24, celebrating my first year of college. I am all of these people and none of these people.

Healthy Guilt and Doing Right By Those We Have Wronged

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Therapists tend to view guilt as a toxic emotion. They are often over-sensitized to the psychological effects of too much guiltā€”of unwarranted guiltā€”yet often under-sensitized to the interpersonal effects of someone having too little guiltā€”the absence of guilt when it is warranted. Guilt is one of the primary social emotions that keeps people socially aware.

A Conversation about Having Conversations about Psychiatry

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In spite of constantly increasing opportunities to tell different stories to the canonical story of bio-psychiatry, it can be risky for academics to voice a different perspective than the mainstream model of mental illness. In this conversation, a communication professor and a psychology professor discuss their challenges and personal experiences with going against the grain, such as what it means to be labeled ā€œanti-psychiatryā€ by colleagues and responding to students upset to learn their medications may not be all they thought they were.