On the Abandonment of Psychotherapy, An Introduction -I-

In a response to Prof. Laura Dilley’s “thread on some of the problems with the diagnostic approach to mental conditions posed in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)” I commented that “the problem was created with the abandonment of individualised psychotherapy and the dawn of chemical psychiatry and behavioural psychology. Psychotherapy has … Continue reading On the Abandonment of Psychotherapy, An Introduction -I-

Agnostic Manifesto…

Banned, from all begging songs were I... As morning came, and buds broke free their long awaited colours, I listened for another hush... but dumb my soul remained, in silence other than my own, to paint the shade of unseen colours yet unborn, yet silent... as the Ruach, unchanged through aions would usher yet another … Continue reading Agnostic Manifesto…

Silence of the lamps…

...on existentialism Of scars and bars I am remembered, Long time ago when sheep we were, and lambs; When every “tender” felt like thundered, Within the silence of the lamps… Some other moments I may wish to follow, But there’s no “other”, there’s no “that”; Just crumbs of an existence, shallow, Like the perspectives of … Continue reading Silence of the lamps…