In 1936 a psychologist at Worcester State Hospital sat down to explain something embarrassing. Every school of therapy claimed a different theory of the mind, a different mechanism of cure, a different account of why people suffer. The theories contradicted each...
Jung told an interviewer in 1936 that in analysis he and the patient turn together toward the two-million-year-old man that lives in all of us. He meant it almost literally. The psyche is not a blank slate scribbled on by childhood; it is an ancient, evolved organ...
The Neuroscientist Who Found Consciousness in the Feedback Loops of the Brain When you look at a face, what happens in your brain? The answer turns out to be surprisingly complex. First, visual information streams forward from your eyes through your visual cortex,...
Written by the clinical team at Taproot Therapy Collective, a Birmingham psychotherapy practice specializing in somatic and trauma-focused modalities. Our clinicians are trained in body-based approaches including Brainspotting, EMDR, and somatic trauma resolution....
On the hidden physics governing digital reality, the economics of visibility, and why a psychotherapy blog in Birmingham had to learn the language of machines to fund human healing. There is a moment in Adam Curtis's documentary HyperNormalisation when he describes...
Why Taproot Therapy Collective recommends Hardy Nutritionals Daily Essential Nutrients for treatment-resistant mood disorders, ADHD, and emotional dysregulation. Discovered not through advertising but through patients whose bipolar disorder and other conditions finally responded. Over 40 peer-reviewed studies support the NutraTek chelation technology. Use code TAPROOT at gethardy.com for 15% off for life.
This 2025 strategic report details the shift from theoretical gut-brain models to clinical applications, analyzing the indole-SK2 channel mechanism in anxiety and the efficacy of oral FMT capsules for refractory depression. It evaluates the diagnostic potential of the gut mycobiome and profiles the pharmaceutical pipelines of key industry players like Kallyope and Bloom Science.
A 2025 clinical update on nutritional psychiatry for psychotherapists. Explore the latest research on psychobiotics, vitamin D, magnesium, zinc, omega-3s, amino acid therapies, and herbal interventions—including new safety warnings on ashwagandha and evidence that saffron matches SSRI efficacy for mild depression.
Explore 50 fascinating unsolved mysteries of human psychology and biology—from why we dream and cry emotional tears to the uncanny valley and déjà vu. Discover competing scientific theories and the mysterious unknowns that still puzzle researchers.
How an anthropologist's radical theory of lines, meshworks, and making can transform how we understand healing, resistance, and the craft of becoming ourselves. The Tyranny of Destinations Consider how we typically narrate a life: born in 1985, graduated college in...
Why trauma survivors feel "stained" even when nothing physical happened—and how ritual can restore the symbolic order of the self. The Sensation That Won't Wash Away She scrubs her hands until they're raw. She's been doing it for months now, ever since the assault....
Do you feel fundamentally flawed? Toxic shame is a biological ‘freeze’ state, not a character defect. Learn the neuroscience of the shame spiral and somatic tools to heal it.
Explore how technological delusions in psychosis evolved from the 1810 Air Loom to modern simulation theory, revealing deep truths about technology’s impact on the human psyche and offering insights for healing in the digital age.
Discover how Jung’s Jester archetype and the 12 archetypal patterns transform brand identity, from therapy practices to Fortune 500 companies. Learn practical strategies for authentic archetypal branding that bridges ancient wisdom with modern neuroscience.
The Literary Mind: Mark Turner's Cognitive Science and Its Implications for Understanding Trauma and Consciousness in Psychotherapy In the quest to understand the complexities of human consciousness and the impact of trauma on the psyche, the work of cognitive...
Weaving the Web of Meaning: Clifford Geertz's Cultural Anthropology and Its Implications for Trauma and Consciousness in Psychotherapy In the realm of psychotherapy, understanding the intricate tapestry of human experience is paramount. To truly grasp the complexities...
A Controversial Blueprint for Human Consciousness "The Changing Images of Man" emerged in 1974 from the Stanford Research Institute as one of the most provocative and influential documents in the history of futures research. This comprehensive report, later published...
"Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love." - Rainer Maria Rilke Dragons have...
Prophet of the Evolution of Consciousness Owen Barfield (1898-1997) was a British philosopher, poet, and critic whose groundbreaking work focused on the evolution of human consciousness and its relationship to language and imagination. A close friend of C.S. Lewis...
Is Psychotherapy a Type of Initiation Have you ever been part of a fraternity, sorority, or similar organization? If so, you may have experienced rituals or ceremonies that felt both challenging and transformative. Even if you haven't, you've likely encountered such...
An In-Depth Exploration of the Orphic Cult Object Theory Among the most enigmatic artifacts from the ancient world are the so-called Roman dodecahedra - small, hollow, twelve-faced polyhedrons made of bronze or stone, each face featuring a circular hole of...
Understanding Trauma Through Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia Through Trauma The relationship between schizophrenia and trauma has long been a subject of fascination and debate in the fields of psychiatry and psychology. While early theories often focused on...
Psychology Beyond the Individual Time moves in one direction, memory in another. We are that strange species that constructs artifacts intended to counter the natural flow of forgetting. — William Gibson, "Dead Man Sings" How Philosophy and Anthropology Enrich...
The Subcortical Brain and the Roots of the Unconscious The human mind is a vast and complex landscape, with conscious awareness representing only the tip of the iceberg. Beneath the surface lies a realm of unconscious processes, instincts, and archetypal patterns that...
Is the Mal'ta-Buret culture the prototyp for world religion? In the remote reaches of Siberia, archaeologists uncovered a fascinating window into the deep prehistory of human symbolic thought: the Mal'ta-Buret' culture. Dating back some 20,000-25,000 years, this...
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