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Capitalism, Feminism and Psychoanalysis: 1970 – 2020
That so many species are threatened, that the climate is out of control, that water is becoming a rare treasure – all of this is a by-product of ruthless competition between billionaire predators and that scientific progress is anarchically subservient to marketable technologies.
Psychoanalysis, Politics and Society:Freud, Arendt, Fanon
Repression, however, is an important achievement of humankind; we sublimate desires to achieve a more socially valued state of existence and it is civilisation that arises out of this.However, too much repression and we become sick..
Eating Disorders Research: Shrouded Visibility
Increased investment in research into eating disorders is welcome and much needed, and will eventually lead to improvements in services and treatment effectiveness.
Anxiety and Depression: Home Remedies
Just the act of saying, “I feel anxious right now,” activates the parts of our brain that helps us organize and regulate our emotions, and also calms the emotional part of the brain, says Alejandra Gonzalez Rodriguez, a family and marriage therapist at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison.
I could make a difference in the world but is it worth it?
It’s no good you and I turning off the taps while we brush our teeth if we don’t also do something about the 100 corporations responsible for 71% of global emissions. But it’s worth trying.
COVID-19, whiteness, and making black mental health matter
Medical training that dismisses the importance of cultural values, assumes scientific objectivity, and practises coded racialised diagnostic values, shows no accountability to the lived experience of Black people, including the many who have died during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Loneliness and Depressive Symptoms : A Study
Around a third of people aged 50 years and older in the UK report loneliness, which might partly be due to factors such as retirement, physical and cognitive decline, bereavement, reduced social networks, and loss of social roles.
Audrey Hepburn, sad ?
“[My father leaving] was the first big blow I had as a child, it was a trauma that left a very big mark on me, it left me insecure for life,” she reveals.
November 2020 Newsletter
Dear TherapyFriends, Thank you for signing up and staying with us at TherapyFriends. This month, we are completely mobile friendly. Some of you have given us feedback on the problems with the site. Thanks. We are working on it. Please continue telling us as we go along. Also, this month we have organised our Advisory Board. The…
Do you Forget or Remember Dreams?
Vallat says dreaming “is one of the last frontiers in our understanding of the human mind.”
