by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Feb 11, 2026 | Psychology
When Trauma Looks Like Schizophrenia: What I Learned Working with Psychosis The line between “broken brain” and “shattered self” is far blurrier than psychiatry admits. Key Points: Up to 80% of people diagnosed with schizophrenia have histories...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jan 2, 2026 | Psychology
Is Bed Rotting Self-Care or a Trauma Response? A Somatic Therapist’s Guide You’ve seen the TikToks. Someone cocooned in blankets, snacks scattered across the mattress, laptop glowing with whatever show they’re half-watching. The hashtag reads...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 29, 2025 | Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health, Brainspotting in Alabama: Revolutionary Trauma Therapy for Deep Healing, Evidence Based Practice and Research Psychology, Evidence Based Practice in Therapy, History of Psychotherapy
The unitary nature of consciousness is the most persistent intuition of human experience. We feel like a single protagonist in a continuous narrative. Yet, for the trauma survivor, this intuition is often a lie. As therapists, we are often the first to witness the...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 29, 2025 | Neuroscience and the Brain for Therapists, Philosophy for Therapists
The Neuroscientist Who Proposed That Consciousness Is the Brain’s Model of Its Own Attention By The Clinical Team at GetTherapyBirmingham.com You know exactly where your arm is right now, even with your eyes closed. This automatic knowledge comes from what...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 29, 2025 | Neuroscience and the Brain for Therapists, Philosophy for Therapists
The Neuroscientist Who Gave Consciousness a Mathematical Formula By The Clinical Team at GetTherapyBirmingham.com Why Understanding the Integration of Experience Matters for Therapy Before we explore the revolutionary work of Giulio Tononi, we need to understand why...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 29, 2025 | Neuroscience and the Brain for Therapists, Philosophy for Therapists
The Philosopher Who Argued You Are Only Conscious of What You Think You Are Conscious Of What makes a mental state conscious rather than unconscious? This question, which has puzzled philosophers and scientists for centuries, received a provocative answer from David...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Neuroscientist Who Found Consciousness in the Feedback Loops of the Brain When you look at a face, what happens in your brain? The answer turns out to be surprisingly complex. First, visual information streams forward from your eyes through your visual cortex,...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 29, 2025 | Neuroscience and the Brain for Therapists, Phenomenology and Existential Psychology
Why Understanding the Science of Consciousness Matters for Therapy Before we dive into the life and work of one of the most important consciousness researchers alive today, we need to address a fundamental question. Why should therapists care about neuroscience? Why...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 29, 2025 | Neuroscience and the Brain for Therapists, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
Why Understanding the Architecture of Mind Matters for Therapy Before we explore the life and revolutionary work of Bernard Baars, we need to understand why his ideas matter so profoundly for anyone working in the healing professions. Baars did not merely propose a...
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...
