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 | 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 27, 2025 | Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
Janina Fisher: Revolutionizing Trauma Treatment Through Structural Dissociation and Parts Work On a September day in 1989, a young predoctoral intern sat in a grand rounds presentation at what would later become the Trauma Center, listening to Judith Herman challenge...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 27, 2025 | Somatic Experiencing In Alabama, Trauma Treatment in Alabama
In the early 1970s, while working as a technician and yoga instructor at a short-term psychiatric hospital, a young Pat Ogden noticed something her clinical training had not prepared her to see. Her patients exhibited a profound disconnection from their bodies,...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Feb 4, 2025 | Psychology Topics and Articles, Recovering from Abuse
“Faustus: Stay, Mephistophilis, and tell me, what good will my soul do thy lord? Mephistophilis: Enlarge his kingdom. Faustus: Is that the reason why he tempts us thus? Mephistophilis: Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris. (It is a comfort to the wretched to...
