by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 4, 2025 | Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health, Depth Psychology Approaches and Techniques, Evidence Based Practice in Therapy, Executive and Physician Burnout, Guided Meditations for Therapy
The Hidden Conversation Between Body and Brain For decades, mainstream psychotherapy has operated under a fundamental assumption: that emotional healing flows primarily from the top down. The prevailing belief has been that if we can change our thoughts, we can change...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 4, 2025 | Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health, Psychology, Psychology Topics and Articles
Why Healing Requires Confronting What We Most Want to Avoid When I first began my career as a clinical social worker, I worked with individuals who had been chronically homeless and actively psychotic for years—sometimes five, ten, even fifteen years of living on the...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 4, 2025 | Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health, Evidence Based Practice in Therapy, Psychology, Psychology Topics and Articles, Somatic Experiencing In Alabama, Trauma, Depth Psychology, and Social Work
The Hidden Conversation Between Body and Brain For decades, mainstream psychotherapy has operated under a fundamental assumption: that emotional healing flows primarily from the top down. The prevailing belief has been that if we can change our thoughts, we can change...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 4, 2025 | Phenomenology and Existential Psychology, Philosophy for Therapists
In the landscape of Western philosophy, few figures cast as long a shadow over the practice of psychotherapy as Søren Kierkegaard. Writing from his native Copenhagen in the mid-nineteenth century, this Danish philosopher articulated a vision of human existence so...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Nov 26, 2025 | Psychology Topics and Articles
It was the distinguished historian H.J.R. Murray who famously posited in his monumental 1913 work, A History of Chess, that the game possesses a literature more vast than any other subject in human history with the sole exception of the Bible. While modern statistics...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Nov 21, 2025 | Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health, Brainspotting in Alabama: Revolutionary Trauma Therapy for Deep Healing, Evidence Based Practice in Therapy, Free Resources for Therapists in Private Practice, Legal Updates for Therapists and Psychologists, Mental Health and Psychotherapy Resources in Alabama, Mental Health and Trauma Therapy in Alabama, Psychology, Psychology Topics and Articles, Therapy Resources for Alabama
The Department of Education Just Declared War on Your Therapist: Why the Reclassification of Social Work Degrees Threatens Mental Healthcare in Alabama The U.S. Department of Education has quietly reclassified Master of Social Work and Doctor of Social Work...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Nov 10, 2025 | Alabama Local History, Mental Health and Trauma Therapy in Alabama, Mythology and Therapy, Psychology of Artists, Poets, and Writers, Psychology of History, Psychology of Politics, Therapy Resources for Alabama
The Emperor of Shades Mountain: The Complete History of George Ward and the Vestavia Estate Drive up Highway 31 in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, and you’ll pass beneath a curious monument: a miniature Roman temple perched on a limestone promontory, watching over the...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Nov 9, 2025 | Free Resources for Therapists in Private Practice, Legal Updates for Therapists and Psychologists, Mental Health and Psychotherapy Resources in Alabama, Mental Health and Trauma Therapy in Alabama, Therapy Resources for Alabama, Trauma, Depth Psychology, and Social Work
When Deletion Is a Violation and Amendment Is Your Duty: The Panic Behind the “Delete” Button Every clinician who has used an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) knows the feeling. It is the moment of cold panic that follows seeing a significant error—a typo,...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Nov 9, 2025 | Psychology Topics and Articles, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
You may have heard the term “alienist” in period dramas or novels, most famously in Caleb Carr’s novel The Alienist. It sounds foreign, even unsettling. Yet, this antiquated job title represents one of the most important turning points in the history...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Nov 6, 2025 | Free Resources for Therapists in Private Practice, Legal Updates for Therapists and Psychologists, Mental Health and Psychotherapy Resources in Alabama, Mental Health and Trauma Therapy in Alabama, Psychology Topics and Articles, Therapy Resources for Alabama, Trauma, Depth Psychology, and Social Work
The rockstar and prolific social worker Joanne Terrell at the University of Alabama once offered wisdom that continues to haunt the corridors of clinical practice: “If you ever think you’re right in ethics, you’re wrong.” Her words cut through...
