Culpable for My Stress
I had an appointment down at the indigent clinic and one of the things on the TV is most stress is caused by our reaction to stressors, not the stressors themselves. While this is true some of the times (like taking things out of proportion in relationships) I...
Critique of the Therapeutic Industrial Complex (TIC) by way of Christianity
A lot of critiques one levies against Christianity can be levied just as strongly against the therapeutic industrial complex (TIC). Both are disingenuous about authority. In Christianity this takes the form of denying the faith is in fact a religion and making people...
Who would you kick an addiction for
A pretty profound question is, "who or what would you kick an addiction for". Now people religious enough will give Sunday School answers like God or Jesus. But for the rest of us this is a good question because the way our culture is addictions are so easy to fall...
Smile or Die Podcast
Every therapist should listen to this podcast. All disallowing negativity does is silence those who speak truth to power. In fact if you take the idea there is truth away entirely than in the vacuum all that exists is what those in power command, in this case...
Disability Article
Great comment by phil on a NYTimes disability article: Every person begins in a state of total dependence and most end life in some level of the same. one day I will be disabled. I think the real problem is the wretched idea that the most human among us should be...
The Insidious Ableism of the Therapeutic Industrial Complex
Therapists demonize neediness and dependence. Somehow we are all supposed to live in a world where we can live a self contained hyperindividualistic existence. Unfortunately economic reality dictates that many of us can't and certainly most of us with disabilities...
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