by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 28, 2025 | Phenomenology and Existential Psychology, Psychology, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
The Great Remembering: Why the Future of Psychotherapy is Just History Repeating Itself In the rush to modernize mental health treatment, the field of psychotherapy often suffers from a peculiar form of historical amnesia. We celebrate “new” modalities as...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 15, 2025 | Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health, Philosophy for Therapists, Psychology
Joseph Campbell is arguably one of the most influential intellectuals of the twentieth century. If you have watched a Marvel movie or read a modern fantasy novel or sat in a screenwriter’s workshop you have encountered his fingerprints. George Lucas explicitly...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Nov 8, 2025 | Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health, Evidence Based Practice in Therapy, Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Psychology, Therapy Resources for Alabama
In 1961, Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment that would fundamentally challenge our understanding of human obedience and moral authority. Participants were instructed by a man in a white coat, an apparent authority figure, to administer what they believed were...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Oct 22, 2025 | Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health, Evidence Based Practice in Therapy, Free Resources for Therapists in Private Practice
The landscape of mental healthcare is undergoing a profound transformation, moving far beyond the simple video calls that defined the initial wave of telehealth.1 Today, technology is not just a medium for delivery; it is becoming an active tool within the therapeutic...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Oct 22, 2025 | Phenomenology and Existential Psychology, Philosophy for Therapists, Psychology
For decades, many forms of therapy have approached neurodivergence—like Autism (ASD) or Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)—as a “disorder” to be “fixed” or “managed.” The goal was often to help the neurodivergent person...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jun 9, 2025 | Brainspotting in Alabama: Revolutionary Trauma Therapy for Deep Healing, Executive and Physician Burnout, Phenomenology and Existential Psychology, Psychology Topics and Articles, Recovering from Abuse, Somatic Experiencing In Alabama
The Limitations of Current Trauma Diagnosis Leading trauma experts Gabor Maté and Bessel van der Kolk have long argued that the DSM-5’s approach to trauma diagnosis fails to capture the complexity of how trauma manifests in different memory systems and...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jun 2, 2025 | History of Psychotherapy
How CBT Killed the Soul of Psychotherapy: The Rosenhan Experiment: A Prophecy Fulfilled In 1973, a psychiatric hospital received an unusual visitor. A man walked up to admissions and said simply, “I hear voices.” When the psychiatrist asked what they said,...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | May 5, 2025 | Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health, Evidence Based Practice in Therapy, Free Resources for Therapists in Private Practice
Evidence-based practice (EBP) has become the dominant paradigm in psychology over the past few decades, shaping everything from research funding priorities to clinical training curricula to third-party reimbursement policies. On the surface, EBP seems unassailable...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | May 1, 2025 | Brainspotting in Alabama: Revolutionary Trauma Therapy for Deep Healing, Color Psychology, Evidence Based Practice in Therapy, Psychology
Purple Hat Therapy and the Evolution of Alternative: Psychotherapies From Energy Meridians to Polyvagal Stimulation Purple hat therapy, a novel approach claiming to heal through the power of colored headwear, has recently gained attention in the alternative therapy...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Apr 28, 2025 | Psychology Book Reviews and Non Fiction, Psychology of Politics
Matt Hongoltz-Hetling on The Ghost Lab: Science, Pseudoscience, and the Supernatural Welcome back to the Taproot Therapy Collective podcast! In this episode, we sit down with Matt Hongoltz-Hetling, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and George Polk Award winner, to discuss his...
