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Psychoanalysis and CBT
Many of the people I see have already been through a course of CBT. Some found it helped for a while, and for others it left what troubled them more or less where it was. I am not going to argue that one approach is better than the other. CBT and psychoanalysis are answering different questions, and for some people the question that matters most is not the one CBT was built to answer.
FND After the Investigations
Functional Neurological Disorder is, by definition, what remains after the investigations. The scans were normal. The blood work was unremarkable. The neurologist found no structural pathology. And yet the symptoms continue: the weakness, the tremor, the episodes that are not epilepsy, the loss of speech, the body that will not do what it is told. This article is for the period that comes after: after the diagnosis, after the discharge, after the system has done what it can and left you without a clear account of what to do next.
What Is Lacanian Psychoanalysis?
Lacanian psychoanalysis is among the most theoretically rigorous and clinically distinctive traditions within the broader field of depth psychology. It is also, in Melbourne, among the rarest. This article offers an introduction, not a simplification. It is written for people who have already encountered some version of this question and want a serious answer to it.
Acting Out and Acting In : What a Young Person’s Behaviour Is Actually Saying
When a young person explodes in rage, refuses to leave their bedroom, or starts complaining of stomach pains that no paediatrician can explain, the instinct is to look for a cause. A diagnosis, a trigger, a deficit. This article argues for a different starting point: that what we call emotional dysregulation in children and adolescents is often a form of speech, and that understanding what is being said – rather than immediately trying to stop it – opens a more durable path forward.
What Is Psychoanalytic Therapy?
Psychoanalytic therapy is one of the oldest and most depth-oriented approaches in the clinical field. It is also one of the most misunderstood. This article explains what psychoanalytic therapy actually is, how it differs from related approaches, what happens in practice, and how to know whether it might be the right fit for you – including a brief account of the Lacanian tradition and its particular way of working with speech and the unconscious.
Complex Trauma, CPTSD, and Psychoanalysis
Complex PTSD develops from prolonged or repeated traumatic experience, and its effects reach far deeper than a single event. This article explores what CPTSD is, how it differs from PTSD, and why a psychoanalytic approach offers something that symptom-focused treatments often cannot: a genuine encounter with the meaning and history embedded in suffering.