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The Art of Presence in Mental Health Video

        It is known that the bio-medical model is widely used to understand, treat, and find a cure for what affects the human kind. To find the cure, the bio-medical discourse looks for and targets non-ordinary states of mind (psychopathology) and nonconformist behaviors (personality disorders) that sets some individuals apart from the mainstream […]Read Post ›

Words Have Power

Sticks and Stones Can Break Your Bones and so Can Words      Any type of illness has a biological, experiential, and social facet attached to it. It is society that ascribes meaning to a particular  ailment. Even though  there are many grassroots movements and governmental  entities stipulating the contrary, some diagnoses carry a stigma influencing policies all […]Read Post ›

Compassionate Presence: Primum non nocere – first, do no harm

John is too distraught and anxious. He is incapable of taking out the trash, sort out his laundry, even decide what to wear. Frantically, the only time he picks up the phone is to call his cousin and let her, miles away,  guide him on how to do the mundane activities he was once able to do. Plagued by the […]Read Post ›

Be Still and Be Present

Individual psychotherapy – that is, engaging a distressed fellow human in a disciplined conversation and human relationship – requires that the therapist have the proper temperament and philosophy of life for such work. By that I mean that the therapist must be patient, modest, and a perceptive listener, rather than a talker and advice-giver. Thomas […]Read Post ›

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