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In Treatment

It has been fun, but also frustrating to watch “In Treatment” and to see the therapist, Paul Weston (Gabriel Byrne), not following his patients. To see him have poor supervision, have poor insight into his own life & relationships and clueless about relationship therapy. (Its only TV, and I am intrigued by the programme, I wish somone could make a movie with good therapy in it).

It shows some good moments, but sadly it misses the mark of giving accurate insight into therapy. The acting is good, but all too frequently the dynamics become ingongruent, I cease to suspend dis-belief and see the writer, and director coming through.  Unfortunately the poor practice and poor supervision may be all too accurate, though I think we do better in New Zealand where personal therapy & supervision are standard practice for psychotherapists.

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Psychotherapy… following the psyche

Following the client is the essence.

Letting go of all ideas about a solution to a problem.

The pattern of behaviour or situation what we draw attention to, not the particular behaviour.

The pattern is something that can be transformed at any instance of it. Status Nascendi is the most potent instance, but only if the person is ready to go, trust their pace.

The situation the client chooses to work on for that pattern is up to them, that is where we follow them, to that place where they are most ready to go.

This way the person is less likely to blame or place the experience onto another person.

And if they do…

“Focus on your experience, in this moment, your pain, your anger, your sense of injustice. Stay with that.”

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@waltzzz/psyberspace

I now have a list! on Twitter. I’ll make a few more too. But not sure that I fully get it.

I have added a few people who get psyberspace – but they post about mostly other things! So what’s the point?

Perhaps we can make a point?

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Helga

One reason I synced to that last one is that I wanted to put it through some tweaks on the phone. I can edit on the phone in a way that I can’t on the PC.

Another version follows, possibly the one I like best. Strangely the iPhone app did a good job of increasing the resolution beyond what I did on the PC!

The app also does the thumbnailing pretty well, but I have made them a bit bigger.

Continue reading “Helga”

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Sigs

This one, made on the PC but as it is synced with the phone, easier to post from the phone!

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Sig – via phone

This is more content for my art blog, but I am fiddling with the iphone, trying to get images up.



wlogeman, originally uploaded by Waltzzz.

I could not manage it from the phone using flickr though! But I think it will work from the phone directly… lets see.

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They also serve who only stand and wait.

Following on from the last post, those words popped in to my head. From Milton, meaning of course, that standing & waiting is a service to others. (Not that you get served even if you don’t push in the que!!) And Waiting is is not just sitting there, it is related to serving, as in a waiter in a restaurant.

On His Blindness

When I consider how my light is spent
Ere half my days in this dark world and wide,
And that one Talent which is death to hide
Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent
To serve therewith my Maker, and present
My true account, lest He returning chide,
“Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?”
I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent
That murmur, soon replies, “God doth not need
Either man’s work or his own gifts. Who best
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state
Is kingly: thousands at his bidding speed,
And post o’er land and ocean without rest;
They also serve who only stand and wait.”

This page is useful for an exposition.

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