February 2013
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Feb 9th
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December 2012
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“We call this notion “the alchemists’s fantasy” because advocates seem to...”
– Lilienfeld, Wood, & Garb (2006) on questionable psychology testing methods such as Rorschach, thematic apperception test, and Draw a Person test. (via jjoobill)
Dec 13th
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“The durability of a belief is a poor barometer of its validity, an error...”
– Lilienfeld, Wood, & Garb (2006) on questionable psychology testing methods such as Rorschach, thematic apperception test, and Draw a Person test.
Dec 13th
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April 2012
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Apr 16th
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October 2011
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“I feel like I’m believe a little less, a little less, a little less everyday …...”
– Ted Mosby (via jjoobill)
Oct 14th
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May 2011
18 posts
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“Suicide require movement, and depression weighs a thousand tons. I needed a...”
– Manic - a Memoire, by Terri Cheney
May 17th
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“The danger of mania is always its grandiosity. If nothing else, Africa puts you...”
– Manic - a Memoire, by Terri Cheney
May 17th
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“It’s a little-known secret, and it should probably stay that way:...”
– Manic - a Memoire, by Terri Cheney
May 17th
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“That perilous highs and desperate lows and extravagant flurries of mood are not...”
– Manic - a Memoire, by Terri Cheney Sometimes this is why manic depression is easily condoned as personal abnormalities; but it isn’t.
May 17th
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“When you’re heading up toward mania, the slightest sensation hotwires your...”
– Manic - a Memoire, by Terri Cheney
May 17th
“This must be what life is like for normal people, I thought. No drugs, just...”
– Manic - a Memoire, by Terri Cheney
May 17th
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“Say it. Let those tears in your eyes speak.”
– Terrance Real.
May 5th
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May 5th
May 5th
“Did Guinevere and Lancelot or Romeo and Juliet have to ‘master a...”
– Terrance Real
May 5th
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May 4th
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“Relationships are based upon some sort of reciprocity. Generally, therapy is...”
– Willow Weep for Me - Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
May 1st
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Upon notification that the therapist needs to...
Caring and competent? What were we talking about here, plumbers? She was acting like she could be replaced with anybody who was qualified to do the job. I wanted to slap her. I wanted to take back every confession, every intimate moment I had ever shared with her. …… I fail to understand how an institution can thrust one therapist after another onto its clients and not expect them to...
May 1st
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“Finding a private therapist in L.A. was a piece of cake. Next to plastic...”
– Willow Weep for Me - Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
May 1st
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“You know what you feel, you don’t know what I feel. If it were you in my...”
– Willow Weep for Me - Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
May 1st
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“You’d be surprised how much you can remember if you try. The more I talk...”
– Jade to Danquah on memory recollection. Willow Weep for Me - Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
May 1st
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“Depression teaches you the fine art of multiplicity. You become adept at wearing...”
– Willow Weep for Me - Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
May 1st
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“Depression is frequently mistaken for indolence.”
– Willow Weep for Me - Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
May 1st
April 2011
44 posts
Apr 30th
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Apr 30th
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“According to a new survey, women say they feel more comfortable undressing in...”
– Robert De Niro
Apr 21st
“There’s very little advice in men’s magazines, because men think, I...”
– Jerry Seinfeld
Apr 21st
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Apr 21st
“The body is our mother tongue.”
– Perel, Ester (2006). Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic with the Domestic.  New York: HarperCollins Books. 
Apr 21st
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“What language conceals is said through my body. My body is a stubborn child; my...”
– Perel, Ester (2006). Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic with the Domestic.  New York: HarperCollins Books. 
Apr 21st
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“one of our greatest needs, developmentally speaking, is autonomy.”
– Perel, Ester (2006). Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic with the Domestic.  New York: HarperCollins Books. 
Apr 21st
“Abortion, homosexuality, adultery, and “family values” have been...”
– Perel, Ester (2006). Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic with the Domestic.  New York: HarperCollins Books.  
Apr 20th
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“The way I see it, my son can go to therapy later if my strict rules have scarred...”
– LZ Granderson, CNN contributor From the CNN column, “Parents, don’t dress your girls like tramps”
Apr 19th
“I submit this letter of resignation from the American Psychiatric Association....”
– Loren R. Mosher M. D., 1998 http://www.oikos.org/mosher.htm
Apr 16th
Apr 16th
“No wonder so many scientists and laymen think that “opposites...”
– Fisher, H. (2009).  Why him?  Why her?  Psychotherapy Networker, May/June.
Apr 14th
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“We self-disclose, speaking as imperfect humans. We’re truly no better than...”
– Real, T.  (2002).  The awful truth.  Psychotherapy Networker,         November/December.
Apr 14th
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“In the world of men, you’re either one-up or one-down, winner or loser,...”
– Real, T.  (2002).  The awful truth.  Psychotherapy Networker,         November/December.
Apr 14th
“When I first trained as a couple’s therapist, the prime directive was,...”
– Real, T.  (2002).  The awful truth.  Psychotherapy Networker,         November/December.
Apr 14th
“We don’t raise, nor have we ever raised, boys and men to be intimate...”
– Real, T.  (2002).  The awful truth.  Psychotherapy Networker, November/December.
Apr 14th
“the central issue in the marriage, rarely concerns the content of a...”
– Johnson, S. (2006).  Are you there for me?  Psychotherapy Networker, September/October.
Apr 13th
“Critical key moments define a failing relationship, and critical key moments can...”
– Johnson, S. (2006).  Are you there for me?  Psychotherapy Networker, September/October.
Apr 13th
“The scientific evidence is overwhelming: research has shown unequivocally that...”
– Johnson, S. (2006).  Are you there for me?  Psychotherapy Networker, September/October.
Apr 13th
“I remember telling the head of the department that I wanted to study emotion,...”
– Johnson, S. (2006).  Are you there for me?  Psychotherapy Networker, September/October.
Apr 13th
Apr 8th
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Apr 8th
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“He smokes little pot most of the days and drinks with his buddies most weekends....”
– Real, T. (2007). The New Rules of Marriage.  New York: Ballantine Books. Don’t do drugs. Why do them anyway? anyways, posted just cuz I thought it was funny.
Apr 7th
“I have been amazed at how many partners - more often men - feel that it is their...”
– Real, T. (2007). The New Rules of Marriage.  New York: Ballantine Books.
Apr 7th
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“When immature parts of your personality become triggered - either the wounded,...”
– Real, T. (2007). The New Rules of Marriage.  New York: Ballantine Books.Chapter 3: Second consciousness: Stepping out of your bad deal. pp. 65-92.
Apr 7th