by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 21, 2024 | Christian Mysticism in Therapy, Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Metamodernism and Deconstruction, Phenomenology and Existential Psychology, Psychology of Buildings and Architecture, Psychology of Modernism Post Modernism and the Meta Modern, Psychology of Mystics, Gurus, and Spiritual Philosophers, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology, Trauma Treatment in Alabama, Trauma, Depth Psychology, and Social Work
Maurice Merleau-Ponty: The Philosopher of the Body and the Flesh of the World Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961) stands as a pivotal figure in 20th-century thought, a French phenomenologist who dared to challenge the ancient dualism separating the mind from the body....
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 20, 2024 | Phenomenology and Existential Psychology, Philosophy for Therapists, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
Who was Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling? Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775-1854), a German philosopher, had a significant impact on the development of psychology and psychotherapy, especially in understanding trauma. His ideas about the psyche, the...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 4, 2023 | Brainspotting in Alabama: Revolutionary Trauma Therapy for Deep Healing, Discover + Heal + Grow: Taproot Therapy Collective Podcast Episodes, Trauma, Depth Psychology, and Social Work
In this episode, Joel Blackstock interviews Carolyn Robistow, a life coach and brain spotting practitioner who works with clients from her boat. Carolyn talks about keeping a captain’s log, dealing with potential pirate threats, and her involvement in the...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Oct 11, 2023 | Discover + Heal + Grow: Taproot Therapy Collective Podcast Episodes, Neuroscience and the Brain for Therapists, Trauma Treatment in Alabama, Trauma, Depth Psychology, and Social Work
How Therapists can Use the Pupil to Heal Trauma One of the reasons that I left EMDR and started to pursue brainspotting as the primary brain based medicine that I use as a provider was because of pupil dilation. Years ago when I was just starting out as a...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Oct 1, 2023 | Free Resources for Therapists in Private Practice, Neuroscience and the Brain for Therapists, Trauma Treatment in Alabama
The Black Box of the Mind: From Dopamine to Sensory Gating For decades, psychiatry operated under the “Dopamine Hypothesis”—the idea that mental illness, particularly schizophrenia, was simply a chemical imbalance of dopamine. We treated the brain like a...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Aug 17, 2023 | Neuroscience and the Brain for Therapists
The Phenomenology of Neuromodulation: An Auto-Ethnographic Analysis of Electrical Intervention and the Wounded Healer Archetype The cultivation of true clinical efficacy in the field of psychotherapy requires a dualistic education, one that is rooted as deeply in the...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Aug 1, 2023 | Neuroscience and the Brain for Therapists
The Body is the Mind: Demystifying the Body-Brain Connection in Trauma Therapy For centuries, Western medicine and psychology operated under a delusion inherited from the philosopher René Descartes: the idea that the mind and the body are separate entities. “I...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | May 11, 2023 | Neuroscience and the Brain for Therapists, Somatic Experiencing In Alabama, Understanding Neurodivergence and Neurodiversity in Therapy
What is Somatic and Experiential Therapy? Experiential therapy modalities, such as Internal Family Systems (IFS), Lifespan Integration (LI), Hakomi, AEDP, Psychodrama, and Gestalt therapy, are often considered “non-manualizable” approaches to therapy. This...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 5, 2022 | History of Psychotherapy, Neuroscience and the Brain for Therapists, Phenomenology and Existential Psychology, Psychology Book Reviews and Non Fiction, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
“The years, of which I have spoken to you, when I pursued the inner images, were the most important time of my life. Everything else is to be derived from this. It began at that time, and the later details hardly matter anymore. My entire life consisted in elaborating...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Sep 15, 2022 | Brainspotting in Alabama: Revolutionary Trauma Therapy for Deep Healing, Discover + Heal + Grow: Taproot Therapy Collective Podcast Episodes, Neuroscience and the Brain for Therapists, Therapy and Crisis Intervention for College Students in Alabama, Trauma Treatment in Alabama, Trauma, Depth Psychology, and Social Work
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Brainspotting: A Clinical Deep Dive Trauma activates our body’s fight or flight system making us experience strong emotional and physical reactions without a logical cause which can make you feel angry or scared before you can...
