by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 27, 2025 | Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
When a Dutch child grows up during Nazi occupation watching his father return from a work camp, watching hunger hollow out his neighbors, watching liberation armies arrive too late for too many, trauma stops being an abstract concept. It becomes the air you breathe,...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 26, 2025 | Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health, Birmingham, Brainspotting in Alabama: Revolutionary Trauma Therapy for Deep Healing, Evidence Based Practice in Therapy, Mental Health and Trauma Therapy in Alabama
There is a specific, frustrating narrative we hear constantly at our clinic in Birmingham. A client comes in, exhausted and defeated, and says: “I’ve been in therapy for ten years. I can explain exactly why I have these panic attacks. I know it stems from my...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 20, 2025 | Neuroscience and the Brain for Therapists
The Convergence of Metaphor and Mechanism The history of psychotherapy is often narrated as a fractured lineage, a series of schisms where the “scientific” present supposedly corrects the “mystical” errors of the past. For nearly a century, the...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jun 28, 2023 | Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health
What is the Body Brain: Into The Psyche-Soma In this article, we’ll delve into a phenomenological understanding of the different parts of the brain and how they contribute to our experiences. This discussion aims to provide an experiential explanation rather...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Aug 6, 2020 | Parts Based Therapy
Locus of Control: The Psychology of High Performance and Imposter Syndrome Why do the most competent employees often feel like frauds, while the least competent overestimate their abilities? This paradox, known as the Dunning-Kruger effect, is a common observation in...
