{"quotes":[{"text":"Sensitive people care when the world doesn't because we understand waiting to be rescued and no one shows up. We have rescued ourselves, so many times that we have become self taught in the art of compassion for those forgotten.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["activists","against-bias","artists","compassion","counselors","creatives","divergent","diversity","dreamers","empaths","equality","feeling-deeply","infj","life-coach","musicians","nurturers","rescuers","sar","survivors","therapists","warriors","wounded","writers"],"id":7787,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"I do not mean to mock or ridicule your life's work, for in one way at least it mimics my own: We have dedicated our lives to the pursuit of phantoms. The difference is the nature of those phantoms. Mine exist between other men's ears; yours live solely between your own.","author":"Rick Yancey","tags":["crazy","therapists"],"id":59192,"author_id":"Rick+Yancey"},{"text":"The process is important, regardless of the outcome, just ask Schacter.(...)mental health... Is not a destination but a process. It's about how you drive, not where you're going. The therapist is like a driving instuctor, not a chauffeur.","author":"Noam Shpancer","tags":["mental-health","process","therapists"],"id":95259,"author_id":"Noam+Shpancer"},{"text":"Bowlby's conviction that attachment needs continue throughout life and are not outgrown has important implications for psychotherapy. It means that the therapist inevitably becomes an important attachment figure for the patient, and that this is not necessarily best seen as a 'regression' to infantile dependence (the developmental 'train' going into reverse), but rather the activation of attachment needs that have been previously suppressed. Heinz Kohut (1977) has based his 'self psychology' on a similar perspective. He describes 'selfobject needs' that continue from infancy throughout life and comprise an individual's need for empathic responsiveness from parents, friends, lovers, spouses (and therapists). This responsiveness brings a sense of aliveness and meaning, security and self-esteem to a person's existence. Its lack leads to narcissistic disturbances of personality characterised by the desperate search for selfobjects - for example, idealisation of the therapist or the development of an erotic transference. When, as they inevitably will, these prove inadequate (as did the original environment), the person responds with 'narcissistic rage' and disappointment, which, in the absence of an adequate 'selfobject' cannot be dealt with in a productive way.","author":"Jeremy Holmes","tags":["attachment-theory","psychology","psychotherapy","therapists"],"id":98917,"author_id":"Jeremy+Holmes"},{"text":"If you were born with the ability to change someone’s perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the most powerful gifts God can give—the ability to influence.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["acting","altruism","blogs","charity-organizations","community-service","counselors","documentary","freethinkers","givers","healers","health-careers","influence","life-coach","magnify-your-talents","movies","news","newspapers","overthinkers","pastors","philosophy","preachers","psychologists","psychology","public-education","public-speakers","service","speakers","talents","television","theatre","therapists","thinkers","websites","writers"],"id":117394,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"I think more people would stay active in church, if they didn't get so offended by the actions of members. Sometimes, you have to view places of worship as free mental health clinics, in order to deal with the piety or hypocrisy. Parishioners are a wounded souls in various stages of healing, who are being treated by angels, with credentials from the University of Hard Knocks. Some take their therapy seriously and try to practice what they learned. Yet, others down the sacrament like a healing dose of Prozac, with no other effort required. When you keep this in mind, you won't feel so annoyed by the personalities you encounter.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["asylum","bad-advice","church","churches","counselors","free-therapy","harmony","healers","healing","insane","insanity","mental-disorders","mental-health","mental-institution","peace","psychiatry","psychology","public-health","reality","religion","salvation","souls","theology","therapists","therapy","uneducated-shrinks","unorganized","worship","worship-teams","wounded-soul","wounded-souls"],"id":328218,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Both my parents are therapists, which means that I am really goddamned well adjusted.","author":"John Green","tags":["parents","therapists"],"id":380194,"author_id":"John+Green"},{"text":"Our work calls on us to confront, with our patients and within ourselves, extraordinary human experiences. This confrontation is profoundly humbling in that at all times these experiences challenge the limits of our humanity and our view of the world...","author":"John P. Wilson","tags":["countertransgerence","humbling","posttraumatic-stress-disorder","ptsd","therapists","trauma","traumatic","traumatic-experiences","world-view","world-views"],"id":403910,"author_id":"John+P.+Wilson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":8,"pages":1}}