http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/200901/troubles-with-determinism The author fails to explain the context within which EHR occurs. The ...
... In other words, ... to ... Or maybe I'm misinterpreting the text. Does it mean that neurosis is caused when the information is too faulty for the brain to...
... This definition of neurosis jibes completely with mine. What we're saying is that the "quality of knowledge" conveyed to children is extremely bad. Parents...
Tom: Our culture, based on managerial, authoritarian childrearing, instills both an aversion for and a dependence on control. This distorts our ability to...
Here's pretty much what we are not: http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/56/9/1160 I suppose the perceived threat of mechanism might be a...
Tom: Sounds like Zelenski's heart is in the right place, though he may have a ways to go, as indicated by his emphasis on the word "totally". "Free persons"...
I thought the following exchange from the Yahoo Evol-Psych list (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evolutionary-psychology/) was relevant to us. Developmental...
Will: I agree that we are all neurotic to some extent, we don't divide into two discrete groups, one neurotic and one non-neurotic. I think neurosis is formed...
<<<KOUKKOU and LEHMANN see this neuroscientific conception as an alternative to the psychoanalytic conflict model, stating that the pathogenesis of neurosis...
Thought this looked like good background material should people want a physicalist perspective: http://www.cip-medien.com/01_ImplicationsStorch.pdf Tom CFN...
Andy: Unfortunately "CFN therapy" doesn't exist, at least not yet. This group was founded in order to come up with such a thing, and it may happen someday!...
... CBT perspective our primate heritage has left us prone to feel intimidated and submissive in the presence of alpha males, and that one's early experience...
Thanks for the post, Ken. I often remind clients that one of the biggest strengths of about doing this therapy is this very simplicity you speak of. Only...
One result of being a naturalist which appeals to me is the simplicity gained by dropping a whole non-existent world. We don't inhabit two worlds, only one,...
Ken, I agree totally with your critique; I wouldn't change even an apsotrophe of it. I didn't intend to overstate my points--something I nevertheless do from...
Les: Good comments on the relationship of the self-help movement to free willism. An implication of many self-help books is that this should be enough, you...
Hello All, A rare opportunity for me to check in. Clay, I am thrilled another determinist is addressing the "Self" help issue. And well-written reply, if I may...
Hi Clay: I'm glad you're able to rejoin our discussion. I hope your treatment is painless and successful. We might be able to simplify this discussion if we...
Hi all! Sorry for the long break...but I see others have been gone too. I'm getting my out-of-control cells taken care of...just 6 more weeks of radiation to...
I just sent a rather lengthy post a few hours ago, I guess it's disappeared into the ether. The gist was that I'm working on my section, based on CHDO (Could...
For the paper, I'm working on a way to present my "technique", which mostly involves me stubbornly not believing clients when they say "I (or someone else:...
Bob, Sounds good, but I think we should first proceed with the more general paper as outlined by Ken (see posts 87 and 96). This way we'll get everyone's...
What if one paper we write is "Considerations in the Treatment of the High-Functioning Determinist Patient"? We could envision scenarios in which this type of...
Clay: "Self-change" occurs without free will. All "change", whether we're talking about evolution, volcanoes, disease, education, or "personal growth", is...
Ken, Bob, and Tom: Thanks for your concern about my health. I saw a radiation oncologist this afternoon but I suspect it will be a couple of weeks--or maybe a...
Hopefully good books can lead people to good therapists, and vice versa. Ken ... and painless. Thanks for keeping us posted. ... therapist whom you use as a...
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