Lessons from the psychotherapy chair
I have been in both chairs in the psychotherapy room, and I have learned the value of good therapy, and I have learned the value of bad therapy. Not only have I learned the value of therapy, but I have also learned a lot of lessons in both chairs. Today, I occupy the psychotherapist chair and sometimes the client chair, and I continue to learn lessons that both surprise me and teach me that a graduate degree does not guarantee expertise or even basic knowledge about mental health in today's world. I want to share some of the things that I have learned from both chairs that have set the course of my journey both as a therapist and a human being. These are the lessons learned by an OG WooWoo Therapist during 28 years in the therapist chair.
Lessons from the psychotherapy chair
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Today's podcast in the first in a series of topics that will be discussed regarding mental health, counseling, psychotherapy, and healing from trauma and abuse with a focus on dissociation as a way the brain copes with childhood trauma and abuse. The topic featured this week is a very brief overview of mental health disorders that develop in human brains where the brain does not function as normally expected with regard to conscience and empathy. Personality disorders and schizophrenia were the main points of discussion.