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Archives for May 2014

Psychotherapy & those who don’t fit

May 29, 2014 //  by Tony White

People are a diverse group. Maybe our psychological theories need to reflect that more so

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Category: Psychotherapy, society values, TheoryTag: change, eros, freud, hope, psychotherapy

The formation of life positions

May 26, 2014 //  by Tony White

If the child never resolves its state of primary narcissism then it will never adopt one of these five positions and remains as I+U? or I-U?, which is typical of the narcissistic, borderline and some anti social personalities.

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Category: child development, Life positionTag: borderline siblings, narcissism, siblings, Transactional analysis

Neediness in relationship

May 24, 2014 //  by Tony White

(I was asked about neediness the other day and how to deal with it) Why would a woman repetitively become involved with men who are needy. Men who require emotional propping up. Therapy The focus of therapy is about her, not about him. She has probably spent some time discussing him with friends and family …

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Category: All Blog Posts, Dependency, Psychotherapy, RelationshipTag: dependency, empower, life script, therapy

Neediness in relationship

May 24, 2014 //  by Tony White

That she chooses needy men just as much as they choose her. Her pattern is not bad luck or some kind of fate. She needs needy men just as much as needy men need her.

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Category: Dependency, Psychotherapy, RelationshipTag: dependency, empower, life script, therapy

Social development – History taking

May 22, 2014 //  by Tony White

They are barriers people often use to avoid getting into relationships. There are many and varied reasons why people avoid forming an intimate relationships with a mate.

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Category: child development, Psychotherapy, Social developmentTag: adolescence, adulthood, history taking, isolation, redecision, therapy

The interwoven structure of the life script

May 19, 2014 //  by Tony White

Any system is only as strong as it weakest part. In therapy one looks for the weakest part of the five areas and focusses on that.

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Category: Psychotherapy, systems theoryTag: life script, racket system, redecision

Driver analysis and the life script

May 18, 2014 //  by Tony White

The final script payoff is of particular note. As people move into their 40s, 50s and 60s the final script payoff becomes much more obvious. We all have a life script and are all heading down that path through life to its inevitable conclusion.

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Category: TheoryTag: driver, life script, personality, rackets, Transactional analysis

Idealization and introjection

May 16, 2014 //  by Tony White

This also highlights the process of hero worship as a psychological phenomena and how it influences our personality development.

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Category: child development, Parent ego state, TheoryTag: child development, hero worship, idealisation, introjection, parent ego state

Graffiti and collectivism

May 13, 2014 //  by Tony White

Four or five months ago I went on a graffiti photographic shoot. I went through parts of the the city to find the best graffiti artwork to use them on my website and so forth. In my two day effort I found many high quality pieces and photographically recorded them. Included were 16 photographs I …

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Category: graffiti, society valuesTag: collectivism, graffiti, individualism

Characteristics of experimental drug and alcohol use

May 12, 2014 //  by Tony White

The goal of experimental use is to experiment and find out what this thing called cannabis feels like. Once they have used a few times they have experimented and thus the reason disappears.

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Category: drug, experimentation, marijuanaTag: drug use, experimentation, Transactional analysis

Alcohol does not create the alcoholic

May 11, 2014 //  by Tony White

Drugs do not grab people and draw them into addiction. The person with a particular personality structure will go and find their drug of choice and then an addiction will ensue.

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Category: Addiction, Alcoholic, drug, TheoryTag: alcohol, drug, Free child, personality

Gateway theory of drug use

May 11, 2014 //  by Tony White

Statistics of Australian drug use This comes from the Australian Psychological Society “The use of licit substances is the most prevalent type of substance use, and an accepted part of Australian and most other western societies. The vast majority of Australians use caffeine, through the consumption of tea, coffee, cola drinks and chocolate. The regular …

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Category: drug, Psychotherapy, TheoryTag: Drug use rates, gateway theory of drugs

Curing alcoholism – switch the addiction

May 10, 2014 //  by Tony White

Where mother’s injunction says “Don’t leave me!” Synanon says “Stay here instead.” (p.185-186). He also says elsewhere, “Curing an addict is the easiest thing in the world – if.

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Category: Alcoholic, counselling, Psychotherapy, Theory, UncategorizedTag: addiction, alcohol, attachment, dependency, drug, mother

Comfort eating

May 10, 2014 //  by Tony White

Hence the infantile pattern of seeking relief from emotional discomfort through eating food.

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Category: Eating disorder, oral stage

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