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Feedback to Origins Reaction

In this post I’d like to provide some of the feedback I received concerning my three-part reaction to the 2014 book Origins of Attachment co-written by Beatrice Beebe and Frank Lachmann. Jeremy Holmes—author of the 2009 book Exploring in Security: Towards an Attachment-Informed Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy—emailed to let me know that John Bowlby was first influenced […]

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COMMENT: Liberals Suck, Conservatives Are Morons … Any Questions? (part I of II)

I wanted to title this blog post “Liberals Are from Mars, Conservatives Are from Venus,” but then I thought I would unintentionally offend John Gray and the work he does in the area of relationships. I settled on “Liberals Suck, Conservatives Are Morons.” OK, let’s try this: “Liberal Suckies Are from the Planet Suckius, Conservative […]

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COMMENT ON: America’s Mental Health Industry Is a Threat to Our Sanity | Truthout

Americas Mental Health Industry Is a Threat to Our Sanity | Truthout. Friday 6 January 2011 by: Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet | News Analysis Hello all. Happy New Year! I trust everyone had a great holiday season. I know I did.

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If All You Have Is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

As many of you know, I’m not a big fan of cognitive-behavioral therapy. Sure, it has it’s place but that place has gotten rather large of late. Because of  pressure coming mainly from insurance companies, it often seems as if all mental health therapists have in their modality toolboxes is cognitive-behavioral therapy.

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“Less Traveled” Blog on John Bowlby’s Work Opens (Part 2)

SOBN (Sphere O’Blog News) – We ended Part 1 of this interview with a promise from you to provide us examples—drawn from the world of John Bowlby’s work—of what you mean by attachment “bacon,” attachment “lettuce,” and attachment “tomato.” Rick – Yes. To find a recent “bacon” or “core” or “object” example, I’d recommend an […]

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