Tag: Trauma
Why Polyvagal Theory Doesn’t Stand Up to the Science
August 5, 2024
The pseudoscientific framework therapists love to believe Ah yes, polyvagal theory: The pseudoscientific framework that therapists just love to believe explains their methods of “trauma-informed ...
3 Trauma Truths Most Therapists Don’t Even Know
June 17, 2023
Finally master your mental health—without any nonsense “therapy talk” Trauma Truth #1: Everyone’s talking about trauma, but no one knows what it really is. Back ...
What Is Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy and Who is it For?
December 15, 2022
Have you heard about Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) yet? Yes, the “horse tranquilizer.” And no, it’s not like that… Ketamine is actually a well understood, ...
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy and How it Works
February 23, 2021
Dr. Kazi Hassan, MD and Leah Benson, LMHC discuss ketamine assisted psychotherapy, and how it has helped clients over the decades with their mental health ...
Show Your Hate, Reveal Your Pain
May 23, 2018
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced ...
An Absence of Feeling is Pathological
April 20, 2018
It’s not “tough” to feel nothing Healthy relationships, a healthy body, and a joyful life require that you feel. An absence of feeling is no ...
The Paranoid Is Never Entirely Mistaken
March 19, 2018
“The Paranoid Is Never Entirely Mistaken” ...
#WalkUpNotOut: Why Being Nice to the Next Mass Murderer Doesn’t Help
March 14, 2018
I’m not against kindness. But here’s the problem with #WalkUpNotOut. The kid who’s going to eventually kill a bunch of people is the kind of ...
“Mental Health” Is Not The Problem, Failure to Manage Anger Is The Problem
February 26, 2018
“Mental health problems” do not lead to violence being perpetrated on society. A failure to manage anger does. We need to stop calling it a ...
How Can a Kid Kill?
February 16, 2018
With all the speculation out there right now about “mental health” and its relationship to mass shootings, I decided to answer the question, how can ...
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