by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 15, 2025 | Psychology
We live in a paradox. Look around you. Objectively, the world is functioning. The lights are on, the internet is working, and the grocery stores have food. Yet, subjectively, more and more of us feel like we are going insane. We feel a profound sense of alienation, as...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Oct 16, 2024 | Phenomenology and Existential Psychology, Philosophy for Therapists, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
Simulacra and Simulation “We are in a logic of simulation, which no longer has anything to do with a logic of facts and an order of reason. Simulation is characterized by a precession of the model, of all the models based on the merest fact – the models...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | May 5, 2024 | Depth Psychology Approaches and Techniques, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
Foucault’s Ideas for Understanding Power, Discourse and the Self Who was Michel Foucault Who was Michel Foucault? Michel Foucault (1926-1984) was one of the most influential philosophers and social theorists of the 20th century. His groundbreaking ideas on...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Apr 30, 2024 | Evidence Based Practice and Research Psychology, Phenomenology and Existential Psychology, Understanding Neurodivergence and Neurodiversity in Therapy
The Philosophy of Psychotherapy 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 The Corporatization of...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Apr 23, 2024 | Evidence Based Practice and Research Psychology, Phenomenology and Existential Psychology, Psychology of Conspiracy Theories, Psychology of Mystics, Gurus, and Spiritual Philosophers
Navigating Uncertainty, and Finding Meaning in a Fractured World Our era is characterized by the dominance of hyper-rationality and the relentless pursuit of objective truth, production, accomplishment and consumption. The human psyche finds itself adrift in a...
