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Many clients show up eager for change and wanting the quick tools to get there. While tools can be helpful in certain situations, lasting change comes from slowing things way down, building a sense of trust, followed by a shared curiosity about the s

The third in a series of posts from my recent blog “SHADOW WORK: A Counter-Intuitive Path to Personal Growth”. To read the full blog visit the website link in my bio.

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Studying the psychology of this phenomenon has been fascinating and disturbing. It's scary to realize how much our degenerating political atmosphere and outrage incentivized media has exasperated primitive psychological defences such as splitting, pr

The second in a series of posts from my recent blog “SHADOW WORK: A Counter-Intuitive Path to Personal Growth”. To read the full blog visit the website link in my bio.

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#carljung #analyticalpsychology #shadowwork #psychodynamic #o

Continued: "The most toxic and hateful people in the world are 100% convinced they fight on the side of all that is true and right. They find a way to give free rein to their cruelty, to attack, to treat others cruelly and viciously.

*And they

The first in a series of posts from my recent blog “SHADOW WORK: A Counter-Intuitive Path to Personal Growth”. To read the full blog visit the website link in my bio.

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#carljung #analyticalpsychology #shadowwork #psychodynamic #ob

Here is the first proper blog post from Beyond the Pines Therapy! Consider giving it a read or sharing it with someone who may find it useful. Link in bio.

“...the Shadow holds untapped and valuable inner potential. But we can’t simply f

If I had to choose one quote that encapsulates how I think about therapy, this may be it! Stay tuned for a blog post on this concept soon.

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Throughout this captivating memoir, Annie Rogers repeats this line over and over again. It is one of the most helpful things to remember when working with acute or complex trauma. Trauma overwhelms the system, fragmenting one’s experience, and

In his book A Fruitful Harvest, Jeff Eaton articulates the process of hatred. He goes on to state that "People can become totally identified with the power of destructive hating. People can come to depend upon hate for an illusion of invincibili

Neville Symington’s book on narcissism was one of my favourite reads in grad school. He describes in detail how early trauma can sometimes lead to a narcissistic defensive structure, which involves living within an internal cocoon - a rigid, gr

Schore continues: "All models of therapeutic intervention across a span of psychopathologies share a common goal of attempting to improve emotional self-regulatory processes. Neurobiologically informed relational infant, child, adolescent, and a

Beyond the Pines Therapy is excited to be partnering with @harvestprojectnorthshore by providing their participants with subsidized mental health care.

"Harvest Project is a community-based urban relief organization and registered Canadian cha

This is one of my absolute favourite quotes from the psychoanalyst and paediatrician Donald Winnicott. We are meant to be individuals. We are also meant to be cared for in relationship. Winnicott's work emphasizes the inbetweenness that we experience

@thomasmooresoul’s acclaimed book Care of the Soul made a huge impact on me a few years back. He weaves psychology, mythology, and spirituality like a poet. His recent book Soul Therapy offers an accessible introduction to Depth Therapy for the

Grateful to have studied with the psychoanalyst Jeff Eaton. His book A Fruitful Harvest: Essays After Bion was one of best therapy books I’ve read!

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I knew I was in good hands when the clinical director of my grad program @theseattleschool began our class with this line. It is a quote I return to again and again. There is so much going on in therapeutic communication beyond the words, and it&rsqu