The Religion of Therapy — Zen, Psychoanalysis & The Counselor’s Secret RadicalismImmersed, as many of us are, in a culture that frames regular therapy as part of a well-balanced self-care routine and inundated by…1d ago1d ago
Provisional Aspirations: Season 2 — The New PsychodynamicWelcome to the second season of Provisional Aspirations. This year marks the third year of a podcast I launched as a platform to explore…Mar 26Mar 26
Stop Whining & Make Yourself Happy — Albert Ellis’s Controversial Rational Emotive BehavioralAlbert Ellis was a prolific writer, with sixty-eight books published for the public reader listed on his Wikipedia page. Ellis’s 1999…Oct 23, 2024Oct 23, 2024
Romance as Rebellion — Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Sex, Love, and Group AffiliationUsing the term “love” in 2024 feels decidedly passe, dare I say, traditionalist.Sep 20, 20241Sep 20, 20241
Active Inference & The Emergence of Philosophical ThoughtApplications of Karl Friston’s Free Energy Principle to Philosophy and PsychotherapyJul 11, 2024Jul 11, 2024
On Belief — Faith As Defense Mechanism & Applications to Multicultural CounselingFor the first three decades of my life, religious belief was central to my worldview. My deeply held religious beliefs also formed my…May 21, 2024May 21, 2024
The Antagonism is The Real — Zizek, The Negative Principle & The Neuroscience of Therapeutic…There’s a mystery and excitement in autodidactism.May 8, 2024May 8, 2024
The Dao of PsychotherapyLeveraging the Therapeutic Superpowers of the Bi-hemispheric BrainApr 9, 2024Apr 9, 2024
We are looking at the brain all wrong…Popular neuroscience…we know the drill. But what if our theoretical blindspots are leading us astray.Mar 13, 20244Mar 13, 20244
The End of Spirituality — Implications of Richard Rorty’s Post-Philosophy on the Spiritual SeekerThis past Spring, I went to Rishikesh. I went because the city (about 5 hour's drive north of New Delhi) is famous as the place where the…Feb 24, 20241Feb 24, 20241
