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In the arena of self-knowledge, psychotherapy may be the single most useful intervention of the last 200 years. It is a tool and, like all tools, it finds its purpose in helping us to overcome an inborn weakness and to extend our capacities beyond those originally gifted to us by nature.
Alain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education
What makes therapy effective is deep, subjective resonance and that deep sense of truth and veracity that lives in the body.”
Bessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Ego States Theory and Therapy
Don Kerson • Getting Unstuck; Unravelling the Knot of Depression Attention and Trauma
This story is a great reminder of the power of engaging with a therapist or coach, or being part of a support group that gives us the space to explore our emotions and experiences without judgment.
Brené Brown • Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Couples Therapy
Cristina Celis • 1 card
So I started trying to help my clients listen to their troublesome parts rather than fight them, and was astounded to find that their parts all had similar stories to tell of how they had to take on protective roles at some point in the person’s past—often roles that they hated but felt were needed to save the client.
Ph.D. Richard Schwartz • No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
An Infinite Mind and The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) are continuously running trainings and making resources available. In 2021 my own company, The Institute for Creative Mindfulness, launched a special certificate program in dissociative studies for EMDR Therapists, and we hope at some point to expand thi
... See moreJamie Marich • Dissociation Made Simple: A Stigma-Free Guide to Embracing Your Dissociative Mind and Navigating Daily Life
