detour / plug for something that may interest “therapists, social workers, addiction counselors, clergy”: through my readings, and then because of necessity, i ended up discovering and then utilizing an alternative psychology practice called TIR (traumatic incident reduction). it falls under the domain of something called applied metapsychology. a guy i met does it, and is running a workshop for it - training people how to use TIR to help others resolve and deal with traumatic experiences. i wasn’t paid to plug this or anything, i just wanted to mention it as A) it really works, i’ve seen it (family member, etc), and B) he mentioned that he’s often given the course to pastors and clergy, as that class of person is often dealing directly with people who are suffering from previous traumatic experiences. if you read this far and are curious, it has nothing in common with talk therapy or what is called therapy - it’s based in a totally different model of the psyche, and has several central posits that differentiate it from that practice entirely. short note on myself: i mentioned my forays into alternate psychology elsewhere, but - my personal research had already become adjacent to psychology in a few ways. then, immediately after my daughter’s birth, my family basically had a Crazy Bad Situation(tm) that was very difficult for my wife and was negatively affecting her in an extreme way on a day to day basis. i knew i had to do something, but i also have a very high level of the general skepticism of established psychology and mainstream “therapy” that you generally see on this site. after some digging, i found this, tried it myself (obviously before handing my wife off to someone), and it basically resolved my wife’s issue entirely. so, like i said, wasn’t paid to plug this but i thought i’d mention it once or twice. the guy i know involved in it said the workshop on using this technique to help others is applicable to anyone, but especially “therapists, social workers, addiction counselors, clergy”. he told me that he’s often around workshops with clergy or pastors from war-torn places who obviously deal with people who have serious recent traumatic experiences. i thought that was interesting. as metapsychology itself (the large umbrella of what TIR is based in) sets out from a totally different psychological model (as opposed to conscious, subconscious, etc.) i have taken a private interest in it - it has very interesting implications for a variety of my main fields, though im not associated with any group or person. here’s a few screenshots from the main site, and the flyer for the workshop (i redacted a few details for reasons that should be obvious if you’re on twitter). that’s it. hope your christmas is going well.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/6643be4fc5f47d1e27bbfe51e17ea2c7db28d90d16906744279d076de655ff34.file
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/6c511e61f24ad8868f2ad5f65929430223a618fdaf9a0cb495793df292b05774.file
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/98510b7ffff534e1080d1d402627f2ad2e8f9dafcc8a19aa2573892021752284.file
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/f5905278affc04745dcbf41ca1f7a2fb7c7d686a00364fd7ae4e5126f3757899.file