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Given these extraordinary times, many of us are experiencing a level of anxiety and stress that can be difficult to manage. When this type of experience persists for longer than we are used to, we can become concerned about our capacity to cope with it all. It might...
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Dunedin Psychotherapy HOW DO I KNOW WHEN I NEED TO TALK TO A PROFESSIONAL AND WHAT DOES PSYCHOTHERAPY HAVE TO OFFER ME? By Alan Ickowitz, Psy.D. Many people who seek the services of a licensed psychologist do so because of an existing mental health or substance abuse...
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How Psychoanalytic Therapy Works Why doesn’t the therapist advise on what the client should actually do? This is the next topic I wish to address in the series of blog posts, ‘How psychoanalytic therapy Works’. Many clients are initially surprised when...
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How Therapy Works Part III What’s with the couch? In this next part of the series of posts on ‘How Therapy Works’, I wish to say a few things about the couch. There is a long tradition in therapy to have a couch available for the client to lay upon while the session...
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How Therapy Works Part II Why don’t some therapists say anything about themselves? Why may the client be asked by the therapist to try and answer their own questions, especially when the question is about the therapist? The ideas discussed in Part I below, help...
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How Therapy Works Why don’t some therapists say all that much? Why don’t some therapists say anything about themselves? Why may the client be asked by the therapist to try and answer their own questions, especially when the question is about the therapist? What’s with...