Thank-you Colin. While divorce is a very tempting option, I think that I am more in favour of us who don't align with the Marxification of all things, staying firmly planted within our wider community. I think we need to maintain our position of calm but firm sanity and be the new 'best friends' who never go away! I perceive a powerfully pervasive and sinister spirit at play in our world that wants us all split asunder from one another. As much as I despise the mental illness that seems to have infected so many of our 'left' leaning fellows, I don't want to let that spirit (or whatever it is) score any more points than it already has.
I heard a song at a folk music session last night that said, 'it was never about left and right, it was always about love and hate.' This is running through my mind as I reflect on this excellent article.
No wonder I found the UK counselling and psychotherapy training left me so confused and ill- it’s a confusing field to navigate. I do feel I finally landed when I discovered my own neurodivergent identity, and delved into emotion focused therapy, trauma in all its forms, Somatic Experiencing, Polyvagal theory and therapy, Open Dialogue and internal family systems.
I’m sure these therapies have evolved from the work of others but they speak to me in ways others have not especially the work of Dr Aimie Apigian and Terry Real in their skilled use of online group work. I’m currently reading chapters of The Biology of Trauma manuscript pre publication and it’s excellent.
Terry has shown me where remaining neutral is not always the way if a relationship with another person is wanted.
For me personally integration has been the way- Open Dialogue has taught me the benefits of tolerating uncertainty and differences in perspectives it’s just a shame it wasn’t more widely taught.
Thank-you Colin. While divorce is a very tempting option, I think that I am more in favour of us who don't align with the Marxification of all things, staying firmly planted within our wider community. I think we need to maintain our position of calm but firm sanity and be the new 'best friends' who never go away! I perceive a powerfully pervasive and sinister spirit at play in our world that wants us all split asunder from one another. As much as I despise the mental illness that seems to have infected so many of our 'left' leaning fellows, I don't want to let that spirit (or whatever it is) score any more points than it already has.
I heard a song at a folk music session last night that said, 'it was never about left and right, it was always about love and hate.' This is running through my mind as I reflect on this excellent article.
No wonder I found the UK counselling and psychotherapy training left me so confused and ill- it’s a confusing field to navigate. I do feel I finally landed when I discovered my own neurodivergent identity, and delved into emotion focused therapy, trauma in all its forms, Somatic Experiencing, Polyvagal theory and therapy, Open Dialogue and internal family systems.
I’m sure these therapies have evolved from the work of others but they speak to me in ways others have not especially the work of Dr Aimie Apigian and Terry Real in their skilled use of online group work. I’m currently reading chapters of The Biology of Trauma manuscript pre publication and it’s excellent.
Terry has shown me where remaining neutral is not always the way if a relationship with another person is wanted.
For me personally integration has been the way- Open Dialogue has taught me the benefits of tolerating uncertainty and differences in perspectives it’s just a shame it wasn’t more widely taught.
https://www.umassmed.edu/globalassets/psychiatry/open-dialogue/keyelementsv1.109022014.pdf
https://book.biologyoftrauma.com
https://resources.soundstrue.com/transcript/terry-real-fierce-intimacy/