In The Unknown Date: 18-21 March 2010 Hosted by: Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka a Maui (Nelson/Marlborough/Bays)
Podcasts of Key Note addresses: (Thanks to Julian Wilson, Auckland) Jonathan Fay’s Key note address:
Michael Leunig’s Key note address:
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Manufacturing Depression
There are several stories in this hour long program, one about earthquakes, one about race in a Californian university, and one about depression. The last one tells me what I know as a psychotherapy to be true. Not that antidepressants don’t always work, but that why they work is a big muddle, it could be the placebo effect or just time. And the price for this dubious result is to pathologise millions of people, to get them thinking about the psyche in a medical & unhelpful way.
All for huge profit.
The DSM 5 is a scandal and will make the problem worse!
All part of a 150 year trend… that bit was new to me.
Video of the Depression story on Democracy Now
Every health professional should watch this video, listen to this last story in this episode of Democracy Now, or read the book by Gary Greenberg, Amazon:
Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease
The primary point that Greenberg expressed in the interview is that we are taking a normal human experience and turning it into a disease. He makes it clear that he has no problem with relieving the suffering of depression with drugs, but he questions whether we have turned normal blue moods into a disease in order to justify medicating away sadness.
A satisfying read online is where Greenberg is interviewed on the Well. Quote follows.
Identity & boundaries
This might be of interest:
http://mashable.com/2010/02/25/dont-friend-your-boss-on-facebook/
Jung: Reciprocal Influence
Stumbled on this scrap: Jung wrote that
For two personalities to meet is like two different chemical substances: if there is any combination at all, both are transformed. In any effective psychological treatment the doctor is bound to influence the patient; but this influence can only take place if the patient has a reciprocal influence on the doctor. You can exert no influence if you are not susceptible to influence.
(C.G. Jung, CW, vol. 16, para. 163)
This is close to describing Moreno’s tele with the emphasis on reciprocity, ie a flow both ways.
Later:
Friday, 18 November, 2016
This is the relational paradigm in Jung, but as in so many psychotherapies it is thought of primarily in the therapeutic relationship. The obvious leap is to see that this reciprocity is present among people, in families, groups. The more significant the relationship the greater the power of transformation.
That there is a therapeutic quality in tele differentiates psychodrama from “individual therapy”.
More on this from Zerka.
See especially this post. It has the link to the section of Psychodrama Vol 1 that is relevant to this discussion.
Book: The Invisible Century: Einstein, Freud, and the Search for Hidden Universes by Richard Panek
Book: The Invisible Century: Einstein, Freud, and the Search for Hidden Universes by Richard Panek
I leafed through this book today. I like the theme, but I think the analogy of a story with two protagonists is taken a bit far. Still, looks like it could be fun. Might get it yet!
Some reviews follow.
Red Book video … and the book.
From Amazon: The Red Book The Red Book, where it gets good revies for content and presentation.
More about the Red Book – I have been following this a bit, so see “related posts”, and the tags.
Got this Video from Asheville Jung Center
I’d be interested in the seminar by Murry Stein, but I’ll be at a conference. Hope someone can record it!
Transference and Tele: Section I, Roles
This is the fourth post while doing a close reading of Moreno’s lecture on Tele, “given by the author during his European journey, May- June, 1954.”
First Post – Intro
Second Post – Transference
Third Post – Tele
Transference and Tele (tag) This will produce a list of all of the posts in this series.
Quotes from the lecture, some book & Google research and my detailed comments follow.
Transference and Tele: Section I, Tele
This is the third post while doing a close reading of Moreno’s lecture on Tele, “given by the author during his European journey, May- June, 1954.”
Note: I continue to edit these posts, they are a work in progress for now, not really be good blogging practice. If anyone comments or there are track backs, I will not change what I wrote so conversations make sense.
First Post – Intro
Second Post – Transference
Transference and Tele (tag).
Quotes from the lecture, some research on Google and my detailed comments follow.
Carkhuff – Core Conditions of counselling
I was steeped in this model of counselling for many years, first I was taught in the early ’80s by my supervisor, John Morrison, and then more formally in Social Work training. Still think it a useful approach. I like just seeing the list of these core conditions again.
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Transference and Tele: Section I, Transference
This is the second post while doing a close reading of Moreno’s lecture on Tele, “given by the author during his European journey, May- June, 1954.”
Note: I continue to edit these posts, they are a work in progress for now, not really be good blogging practice. If anyone comments or there are track backs, I will not change what I wrote so conversations make sense.
First Post
Transference and Tele (tag).
Quotes from the lecture, some research on Google and my detailed comments follow.
Continue reading “Transference and Tele: Section I, Transference”