The Men’s Group Seminar: The Most Insidious Coping Mechanism in Modern Culture: Vertical Splitting
Freud was perhaps the first and most important theorist who sought to understand coping. Dividing the mind horizontally, Freud believed that what the human psyche could not tolerate (in thought or in reality) is suppressed/repressed and subsequently sequestered away,...
The Relationship Group Seminar: The Phenomenon of “Excitement” and Its Role in Dysfunctional Relationships
Many types of compulsive and addictive behavior are solidified by what is known as a “partial reinforcement schedule” — doing something repeatedly to receive a reward that comes at entirely randomized time intervals. The randomized timing of the reward...
The Men’s Group Seminar: “Weak Ties,” “Talking to Strangers,” and the Emerging Science of Kindness
The frequency and depth of social interaction have been considerably dampened by many factors including the rapid evolution of technology as well as the pandemic. Researcher Gillian Sandstrom observes that the interpersonal landscape is consistently becoming more and...
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