A variety of short posts, mostly combining psychoanalytic and energy psychological perspectives

THE ETHICS OF LANGUAGE

Source Field Therapy

PSYCHOTHERAPY AS ADDICTION

THREE ASPECTS OF NARCISSISM

THE ENERGY FIELDS THAT MAINTAIN THE DYSFUNCTIONAL PATTERNS

ADDRESSING DEEPER STRUCTURAL REVERSALS IN ENERGY PSYCHOTHERAPY –

NOTES FOR POTENTIAL CLIENTS ON THE NATURE OF ENERGY PSYCHOTHERAPY

I am a psychoanalyst and still consider there is much of value in that tradition. It is the oldest and original form of psychotherapy and much knowledge and insight has  been garnered over the generations since Freud's first explorations of the unconscious mind in the late 19th century. However, many years ago I concluded that psychoanalysis, as commonly practised, was not always as helpful as we might need it to be to resolve the problems our clients and patients present. 

In the famous novel by Oscar Wilde, a narcissistic Dorian Gray preserves his own youthful appearance by means of having a portrait of himself in the attic that progressively assumes a more and more hideous quality. Somehow the entropy of ageing is transferred to the portrait, allowing Dorian to maintain his healthful order. 

In the practice of energy psychotherapy, I have recently identified strange emotional-energetic constellations that remain as indigestible and toxic formations within the human system. They may have something in common with Bion's concept of 'bizarre objects' (Bion, 1962a & 1962b).

Trauma distorts ‘psychic space’ and creates ‘black holes’ in the mind 

Notes on supervision – a stance of disciplined ignorance