Enactment
Listen to the entire article: Enactment is a term used by psychologists and theorists that refers to an experiential or relational dynamic that is created, unwittingly, by unconscious forces. Perhaps the most significant hypothesis put forth by Freud is that a...
Guilt: An Untapped Resource for Change
Listen to the entire article: As a psychotherapist, guilt is one of the most common emotional experiences my patients grapple with. Guilt is commonly viewed as the feeling that emerges when you’ve done something wrong, when you’ve made a mistake or...
The World One Sees and the Seer Who Sees It
Listen to the entire article: Seeing things as they are in an essential concept in Buddhist philosophy and psychology, as well as Freudian theory. So much emotional turmoil, what is known as suffering in Buddhism, is due to the tendency to withdraw from and...
Beyond Denial: “Mystification”
Listen to the entire article: Denial is typically understood as a psychological defense in which the reality of a person or situation is intolerable for some reason, cannot be consciously acknowledged, and so is forced into areas of the mind where it remains...
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