by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Sep 14, 2025 | Psychology Topics and Articles
The Paradox of Healing In the vast landscape of psychotherapeutic literature, few works capture the intricate dance between healer and patient as poignantly as Harry Stack Sullivan’s play “The Physician.” This lesser-known dramatic work, highlighted...
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 1, 2025 | Guided Meditations for Therapy, History of Psychotherapy, Psychology, Psychology Topics and Articles, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
From Mesmerism to Modern Psychotherapy: The Enduring Legacy of Franz Anton Mesmer and the Importance of Empirical Validation Franz Anton Mesmer, the 18th-century German physician, is often considered the father of modern hypnosis. His theory of animal magnetism, or...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Feb 11, 2025 | History of Psychotherapy, Metamodernism and Deconstruction, Recovering from Abuse
Why Are There So Many Modalities of Psychotherapy? The history of psychotherapy is a tumultuous one, marked by heated debates, acrimonious splits, and competing claims to truth. From its origins in Freudian psychoanalysis to the present-day landscape of integrative...
