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 23Oct 23
Romance as Rebellion — Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Sex, Love, and Group AffiliationUsing the term “love” in 2024 feels decidedly passe, dare I say, traditionalist.Sep 20Sep 20
Active Inference & The Emergence of Philosophical ThoughtApplications of Karl Friston’s Free Energy Principle to Philosophy and PsychotherapyJul 11Jul 11
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 21May 21
The Antagonism is The Real — Zizek, The Negative Principle & The Neuroscience of Therapeutic…There’s a mystery and excitement in autodidactism.May 8May 8
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 134Mar 134
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 241Feb 241
Thinking Under Erasure — The Origins of Sous Rature Typography & Psychotherapeutic ImplicationsHow does the practice of writing under erasure (used in the philosophy of Jacques Derrida) connect with clinical traumatology?Feb 9Feb 9
Jaak Panksepp’s SELF & Affective ConsciousnessThere could be no more salient question to the field of psychotherapy as to the nature and origin of the self in consciousness.Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2023
