Your First Therapy Session
Lincoln Stoller2024-11-30T11:37:16-08:00The first thing to look for when purchasing therapy, as in buying a used car, is knowing what you’re looking for.
The first thing to look for when purchasing therapy, as in buying a used car, is knowing what you’re looking for.
Intelligence is variously defined and plays different roles. Intelligence tests mirrors the history of psychology as a tool for marketing and propaganda. They mask your deeper self.
Psychotherapy recognizes three foundational areas: conscious intention, subconscious feelings, and habitual behaviors. Creativity is different, and it is overlooked.
Fear is a pervasive warning that diverts our attention from small matters of maintenance. Somewhat ironically, it can lead us into danger.
An undirected person who invites chaos into an uncontrolled environment without boundaries is exactly the person who gets into trouble. They should not be using psychedelics.
We cannot agree on an absolute definition of normal, but we can define relative normality as a condition that sustains us and which others accept.
Dreams reflect formative aspects of thought, but they are not thoughts in the normal sense. Other levels of thought are needed.
The most important things we need to learn are the things we cannot see. How do we learn about such things? I suspect the first thing you must do is to grow larger in order to see more.
A co-creative relationship must have three elements: congruence, unity, and purpose. I have three counseling relationships that demonstrate this dynamic at three different levels...
The courageous person is not the one who advances through victory, it’s the person who benefits despite failure.
A.I.-based depth analysis will revolutionize observational psychology which will be more based more on extracted information, and less on behavior.
Everything we manifest, both as individuals and in relationships, has its origins in our subconscious.