by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Sep 15, 2026 | History of Psychotherapy, Models of Psychotherapy
Who was Albert Ellis? Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a form of cognitive-behavioral therapy that focuses on identifying and challenging irrational beliefs in order to improve emotional well-being and behavioral outcomes. Developed by psychologist...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Sep 15, 2026 | Dreams and the Unconscious, Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology
Carl Jung thought that dreams were the way that we use the past to try and conceptualize what the future will be like. When we are on the edge of a big often unavoidable change in our life we begin to dig into our unconscious mind to try to predict the future. Our...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Sep 15, 2026 | Micro-nutrition and Vitamins for Mental Health
A Comprehensive Guide to Supplements and Herbs to OCD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) affects approximately 1 in 100 adults in the United States, significantly impacting daily functioning and quality of life. While traditional treatments like cognitive-behavioral...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Sep 15, 2026 | Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health, Anthropology and Evolutionary Psychology for Therapy, Evidence Based Practice in Therapy, Micro-nutrition and Vitamins for Mental Health, Neuroscience and the Brain for Therapists
How patients with “treatment-resistant” bipolar disorder taught us something the research literature was just beginning to confirm, and why we now consider broad-spectrum micronutrients an essential tool for the cases that don’t respond to standard...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Sep 15, 2026 | Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health, Anthropology and Evolutionary Psychology for Therapy, Brainspotting in Alabama: Revolutionary Trauma Therapy for Deep Healing, Neuroscience and the Brain for Therapists, Therapy Resources for Alabama, Trauma Treatment in Alabama
An In-Depth Exploration of What Brainspotting Does in the Brain Brainspotting is a relatively new psychotherapy approach that combines elements of psychodynamic, somatic, and mindfulness-based therapies to facilitate deep emotional healing and trauma resolution [1]....
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Sep 15, 2026 | Micro-nutrition and Vitamins for Mental Health
Emerging Research and Clinical Applications for Supplements for Aggression and Anger Aggression represents a complex behavioral pattern influenced by a multitude of neurobiological, psychological, and environmental factors. While pharmacological interventions remain...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Sep 15, 2026 | Christian Mysticism in Therapy, Depth Psychology Approaches and Techniques, Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Phenomenology and Existential Psychology
Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 Read More on Jung here: Carl Jung’s Major Influences Jungian Analysis Archetypes Jung’s Method Jungian Thought Part 1: What was Jung’s Method to Discover Reality? Jung’s Empirical Phenomenology: Uniting...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Sep 15, 2026 | Trauma Treatment in Alabama, Trauma, Depth Psychology, and Social Work
Dreams are so commonly associated with therapy because dreams are such a purely projective experience. In a way dreams are our own personal mythology. Many times a patient will bring a recurring dream to therapy that has occurred for many years. Recurring dreams are...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Sep 15, 2026 | Micro-nutrition and Vitamins for Mental Health
The Role of Natural Supplements and Holistic Approaches Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) represents one of the most challenging behavioral conditions affecting children and adolescents today. Characterized by persistent patterns of angry, irritable mood,...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
There is a sentence Frieda Fromm-Reichmann wrote that has outlived almost everything else she believed. “The patient is in need of an experience, not an explanation.” It has been quoted so often, and so loosely, that it now reads like a platitude about...
