Anti-Oppression

Outgrowing the Mechanism (Envisioning a Natural, Relational, and Creative Paradigm for Psychotherapy)

The Medical Model as the Tin Man in Oz

I wonder if psychotherapy loses its heart in the medical model, by being defined within a mechanistic paradigm of fixing, controlling, or manipulating a machine rather than of an essentially-mysterious and relational experience of nature and creativity.

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HEART Groups: A Process to Heal Attachment Wounds and Foster Deep Community Based in Social Justice

HEART Groups Idea:

A group dedicated to restoring and creating a deeply-lived experience of trust and engagement with community through the healing of core attachment wounds, finding this healing in a process that evokes deep empathic resonance with each person’s sharing of experiences (imagined or remembered) of feeling love, belonging, and connection, in order to foster a socially-just culture for everyone.

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