Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Embodied Perception and Existential Phenomenology

Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Embodied Perception and Existential Phenomenology

Who was Maurice Merleau-Ponty? Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961) was a French philosopher and phenomenologist who made significant contributions to the fields of phenomenology, existentialism, and the philosophy of perception. His work bridged the gap between...
The Illusion of Progress: How Psychotherapy Lost Its Way

The Illusion of Progress: How Psychotherapy Lost Its Way

Key Points: Psychotherapy is facing an identity and purpose crisis in the era of market-driven healthcare, as depth, nuance, and the therapeutic relationship are being displaced by cost containment, standardization, and mass-reproducibility. This crisis stems from a...
Healing the Modern Soul Part 3

Healing the Modern Soul Part 3

Healing the Modern Soul is a series about how clinical psychology will have to change and confront its past if it is to remain relevant in the future. Part 1    Part 2    Part 3     Part 4      Healing the Modern Soul Appendix  Suffering Without Screaming In the first...