A somatic bridge helps us connect (bridge) a feeling to its past meaning and function.

Cognitive Style can be thought of as a fundamental component of personality, and thus has utility in psychological conceptualization

Women pioneers of psychodynamic tradition

A Facebook group post queried: Is it concerning that Kernberg would diagnose borderline personality and Kohut would diagnose narcissism? The post got many replies, most people indicating it was a concern about our diagnostic system or technology. My response was to highlight the difference was language and theory, not actually diagnosis. See more below! Heinz Kohut and Otto Kernberg were contemporaries in pushing forward the psychoanalytic frontier. They were both lauded, and

Bipolar is frequently misunderstood or the term misused. Here we explore 3 distinct clinical uses of the term.

Insight is fundamental to our psychological wellness, but complex and misunderstood

Interpersonal Space and Personality Typology

Graphic to help with DBT Interpersonal Effectiveness skills

Vagus Nerve Stimulation from a psychologist's perspective

Practical, broad conceptual model

Making uncertainty therapeutic

Many therapists struggle with what to focus on, what to address, and when and how to do it. At times, we feel clients are giving us little to work with, and while this can be distressing for a beginning therapist, this problem has a much less nuanced solution than feeling there is too much to organize. When we feel the client has thrown too much at us, we feel "what do I respond to, and how?" A comment on trusting yourself before we dig into the other topics First of all, we