Couples Come In Different Models: Here Are A Few
The Early Contract of A Couple Dave: Romance begins with excitement. Love probably begins with shared pain (I sense your
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Therapeutic Psychiatrist: What Do I Think I Am Doing?
Dave offers his reflections about what it’s like to be a psychiatrist disguised as a family therapist. Hint: The language is different, and no medications required
From A Child’s Perspective: Are My Parents Going To Be OK?
The modern Child Psychiatry perspective is limited to focusing on the child, without including the family culture in which that child lives. This narrow understanding contributes to the child’s isolation. That little person is usually worried about, and trying to help, the parents. No matter how it appears.
Can You Love Your Very Self?
Dr. Dave on How To Love Your Very Self: He shares his reflections on how we lose our self-love and how to get it back.
“Chemical Imbalance”: The Seduction of Certainty
Part of the appeal of the “chemical imbalance” metaphor is that it people don’t have to feel ‘guilty” about their depression, or problems with their kids. But it can keep both patients and therapists from getting to the all-important bottom of things.
The Problem With Simple Formulas in Mental Health
The logic of “chemical imbalance” persuades both patients and practitioners that context and subjective experience are not important. But that logic interferes with the understanding the person’s pain, and what it’s made of.
Christmas and The Spirited Presence of The (Symbolic) Past
Contrary to common belief, the Christmas season is often a source of renewal for the family spirit.
The Question of “Chemical Imbalance”
There is no chemical imbalance. At least there is none that can be measured or quantified. “Chemical Imbalance” is a persuasive metaphor used by psychiatrists, physicians and drug companies to convince people to take medication.
Fake News, Fake Ideas About “Mental Health”
Modern Psychiatry, in league with pharmaceutical and insurance companies, promotes language which advances the idea that emotional “problems” were neurophysiological ‘disorders’.
Parallel Play As A Model For Therapeutic Conversation
Dave: Parallel playing is akin to writing poetry, fragments, often disparate, are blended into a collage-like whole. In a real