Resources
Writing on therapy, patterns, and psychological complexity
Articles are written by the practice and published deliberately. The topics below are in preparation; the pages already on this site cover much of the same ground in depth.
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In-depth pages on this site
- What is psychodynamic therapy?
- What integrative psychotherapy means
- What is mentalization-based therapy?
- What is transference-focused psychotherapy?
- Understanding personality functioning
- Borderline personality disorder, described carefully
- Narcissistic personality difficulties
- How trauma continues to operate
- What compulsive behavior manages
Categories
How this library is organized
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Personality & Relationships
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Narcissistic Personality
- Addiction & Compulsive Behavior
- Trauma
- Couples & Relationships
- Understanding Therapy
In preparation
Topics being written
These are planned articles rather than published ones. Nothing here is linked until it has been written and reviewed.
What is psychodynamic therapy?
A plain-language account of what depth-oriented therapy attends to and how a session actually proceeds.
Psychodynamic Therapy
Psychodynamic therapy and CBT: what is different
Two useful traditions with different emphases, described without caricaturing either one.
Understanding Therapy
What 'integrative' means in psychotherapy
Why combining frameworks requires a stable and coherent theory rather than a preference for variety.
Understanding Therapy
Why the same relationship pattern keeps repeating
On expectations formed early, the interpretations they produce, and how a pattern sustains itself.
Personality & Relationships
What is mentalization?
The everyday capacity to read minds — yours and others' — and what happens when it fails under pressure.
Personality & Relationships
Understanding borderline personality disorder without stigma
What the diagnosis describes, what it does not describe, and what the research on outcomes actually says.
Borderline Personality Disorder
What therapy for narcissistic personality difficulties involves
Beyond the internet version: self-esteem regulation, shame, and why the work is slow.
Narcissistic Personality
Why insight alone does not always change a pattern
Understanding a behavior and altering it are different achievements. On what closes the gap.
Understanding Therapy
Why some people are skeptical about therapy
Skepticism after unhelpful treatment is often well founded and worth examining rather than overcoming.
Understanding Therapy
What to expect from depth-oriented psychotherapy
Frequency, duration, discomfort, and the difference between progress and a good session.
Psychodynamic Therapy
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