Month: July 2016
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The New Psychology
We require the second hand knowledge of our researchers, and we require the first hand knowledge of our own therapies, meditation, and self-inquiry. We no longer blame parents, lovers, and friends for our suffering. We inquire into the ways that we create our own suffering today. We no longer cling to divinities like Freud, Beck,…
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“Parts” of the Patient
“Would you write a post that clarifies how ‘sometimes therapists mistakenly refer to defensive behaviors as parts of the self’” (p.287 in Co-Creating Change)? Thanks to Kerry for this question! First of all, behaviors are things we do, not who we are. Actions are not “part” of me but what I do. I will brush…