Google Docs keeps autocorrecting "decolonialism" to "colonialism" and at first I was angry, then bothered.
Now I'm paranoid.
Now I'm paranoid.
February 1, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Google Docs keeps autocorrecting "decolonialism" to "colonialism" and at first I was angry, then bothered.
Now I'm paranoid.
Now I'm paranoid.
“If you are applying psychoanalytic treatment to children you should meet Melanie Klein. She is saying some things that may or may not be true, & you must find out for yourself for you will not get what Melanie Klein teaches in my analysis with you” - James Strachey to his analyst d Donald Winnicott
January 26, 2026 at 11:01 PM
“If you are applying psychoanalytic treatment to children you should meet Melanie Klein. She is saying some things that may or may not be true, & you must find out for yourself for you will not get what Melanie Klein teaches in my analysis with you” - James Strachey to his analyst d Donald Winnicott
“When analyst and analysand are able to think and speak for themselves, they do not use ‘borrowed language,’ e.g., jargon, cliche and technical terms. Their language tends to be alive, their metaphors freshly minted and unassuming. Their use of language serves to communicate, not obfuscate, to
January 18, 2026 at 10:25 PM
“When analyst and analysand are able to think and speak for themselves, they do not use ‘borrowed language,’ e.g., jargon, cliche and technical terms. Their language tends to be alive, their metaphors freshly minted and unassuming. Their use of language serves to communicate, not obfuscate, to
“I’m discussing the history of the psychoanalytic movement, Freud stated that in his view a therapy is psychoanalytic if it takes as its starting point an understanding of transference and resistance” THO
Yet many wanna claim it’s the couch or number of sessions.
Yet many wanna claim it’s the couch or number of sessions.
January 14, 2026 at 5:26 AM
“I’m discussing the history of the psychoanalytic movement, Freud stated that in his view a therapy is psychoanalytic if it takes as its starting point an understanding of transference and resistance” THO
Yet many wanna claim it’s the couch or number of sessions.
Yet many wanna claim it’s the couch or number of sessions.
“It is hoped that the therapist, because of greater psychological integration resulting from his own developmental experience & analysis, is less frightened of, & less prone to run from [highly charged, painful, conflict-laden] feelings than is the patient” - Ogden
January 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
“It is hoped that the therapist, because of greater psychological integration resulting from his own developmental experience & analysis, is less frightened of, & less prone to run from [highly charged, painful, conflict-laden] feelings than is the patient” - Ogden
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Advocates want legal action after man shot and killed by off-duty ICE agent in Northridge abc7.com/post/keith-p...
Advocates want legal action after man shot and killed by off-duty ICE agent in Northridge
Advocates argue that the off-duty ICE agent wasn't trained for the situation and should have called police and waited for them to arrive.
abc7.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Advocates want legal action after man shot and killed by off-duty ICE agent in Northridge abc7.com/post/keith-p...
Workspace/Playspace
January 8, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Workspace/Playspace
An essay on Venezuela, from Venezuelan psychoanalyst Caros Padrón.
www.cccacommunity.com/venezuela-pr...
www.cccacommunity.com/venezuela-pr...
Venezuela: Private Wounds, Loud Audiences — CCCA
www.cccacommunity.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:56 PM
An essay on Venezuela, from Venezuelan psychoanalyst Caros Padrón.
www.cccacommunity.com/venezuela-pr...
www.cccacommunity.com/venezuela-pr...
I discovered ChatGPT had a voice function. Cycling through the voices, I noticed they were all white. I mentioned this to ChatGPT. It denied it. I repeated my concern, & it said it was going for a neutral voice. Right. Because whiteness is standardized, normalized, & rendered neutral or “given.”
January 5, 2026 at 1:17 AM
I discovered ChatGPT had a voice function. Cycling through the voices, I noticed they were all white. I mentioned this to ChatGPT. It denied it. I repeated my concern, & it said it was going for a neutral voice. Right. Because whiteness is standardized, normalized, & rendered neutral or “given.”
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🧵 Drinking less in the new year.
I've seen online and in my personal life that many people are setting New Year's Resolutions to drink less or quit drinking altogether.
A few thoughts from a therapist's perspective:
I've seen online and in my personal life that many people are setting New Year's Resolutions to drink less or quit drinking altogether.
A few thoughts from a therapist's perspective:
January 4, 2026 at 8:12 PM
🧵 Drinking less in the new year.
I've seen online and in my personal life that many people are setting New Year's Resolutions to drink less or quit drinking altogether.
A few thoughts from a therapist's perspective:
I've seen online and in my personal life that many people are setting New Year's Resolutions to drink less or quit drinking altogether.
A few thoughts from a therapist's perspective:
“As of this morning…”
How many “constitutional crises” have already been identified. We have not been governed by the laws of the constitution this entire term. Cmon now.
How many “constitutional crises” have already been identified. We have not been governed by the laws of the constitution this entire term. Cmon now.
This war and extra-judicial kidnapping is patently illegal and unconstitutional. Political leaders on both sides must condemn it. It’s not about whether Maduro is a tyrant but whether the US is still governed by laws and the Constitution. As if this morning, we are clearly not.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 PM
“As of this morning…”
How many “constitutional crises” have already been identified. We have not been governed by the laws of the constitution this entire term. Cmon now.
How many “constitutional crises” have already been identified. We have not been governed by the laws of the constitution this entire term. Cmon now.
And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Years Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of the life to start as soon as possible.
January 1, 2026 at 5:50 AM
And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Years Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of the life to start as soon as possible.
An upcoming course:
tpi-berkeley.org/calendar#!ev...
tpi-berkeley.org/calendar#!ev...
December 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
An upcoming course:
tpi-berkeley.org/calendar#!ev...
tpi-berkeley.org/calendar#!ev...
There is truly nothing like receiving great consultation on a case. Especially when that case is one that is deep in uncontained projections, countertransference, and enactments. It is as if you are trapped/bound/imprisoned and the consultant frees you. It is a feeling of being one’s self again.
December 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
There is truly nothing like receiving great consultation on a case. Especially when that case is one that is deep in uncontained projections, countertransference, and enactments. It is as if you are trapped/bound/imprisoned and the consultant frees you. It is a feeling of being one’s self again.
NPSI posted videos of the plenaries from the 2025 EBOR conference. The theme was music & psychoanalysis, featuring plenaries from Adam Blum, Peter Goldberg, and Michael Levin, (authors of "Here I'm Alive") with a third plenary with Alice Huang and Adam Rodriguez.
npsi.us.com/page-1075362
npsi.us.com/page-1075362
NPSI - EBOR 2025 Recordings
npsi.us.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
NPSI posted videos of the plenaries from the 2025 EBOR conference. The theme was music & psychoanalysis, featuring plenaries from Adam Blum, Peter Goldberg, and Michael Levin, (authors of "Here I'm Alive") with a third plenary with Alice Huang and Adam Rodriguez.
npsi.us.com/page-1075362
npsi.us.com/page-1075362
3 excellent books which have been on my mind:
Isabel Wilkerson, “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents”
Leah Gordon, “From Power to Prejudice: The Rise of Racial Individualism in Midcentury America”
Michael Rothberg, “The Implicated Subject: Beyond Victims and Perpetrators”
Isabel Wilkerson, “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents”
Leah Gordon, “From Power to Prejudice: The Rise of Racial Individualism in Midcentury America”
Michael Rothberg, “The Implicated Subject: Beyond Victims and Perpetrators”
December 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
3 excellent books which have been on my mind:
Isabel Wilkerson, “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents”
Leah Gordon, “From Power to Prejudice: The Rise of Racial Individualism in Midcentury America”
Michael Rothberg, “The Implicated Subject: Beyond Victims and Perpetrators”
Isabel Wilkerson, “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents”
Leah Gordon, “From Power to Prejudice: The Rise of Racial Individualism in Midcentury America”
Michael Rothberg, “The Implicated Subject: Beyond Victims and Perpetrators”
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It really bothers me how often trauma recovery narratives are, broadly speaking, so *nice*.
And it concerns me that some therapists may be expecting *nice* clients who will steadily work towards vulnerability and not give them too hard a time.
1/
And it concerns me that some therapists may be expecting *nice* clients who will steadily work towards vulnerability and not give them too hard a time.
1/
November 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It really bothers me how often trauma recovery narratives are, broadly speaking, so *nice*.
And it concerns me that some therapists may be expecting *nice* clients who will steadily work towards vulnerability and not give them too hard a time.
1/
And it concerns me that some therapists may be expecting *nice* clients who will steadily work towards vulnerability and not give them too hard a time.
1/
Lew Aron discusses the roles of mutuality and symmetry in therapy. I believe that these factors are not discussed nearly enough in therapy, and that they play especially important roles in therapy featuring cross-cultural dyads. Forgive me a long quote from Aron: "I prefer to define ...
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Lew Aron discusses the roles of mutuality and symmetry in therapy. I believe that these factors are not discussed nearly enough in therapy, and that they play especially important roles in therapy featuring cross-cultural dyads. Forgive me a long quote from Aron: "I prefer to define ...
It would probably be faster to name which I have not seen live.
6. What musicians have you seen live?
Photos and videos are accepted.
Photos and videos are accepted.
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
It would probably be faster to name which I have not seen live.
You find it's October
And she's gone
And she's gone
Summer's gone
You've been fooled by April
And he's gone
And he's gone
Winter's gone
And she's gone
And she's gone
Summer's gone
You've been fooled by April
And he's gone
And he's gone
Winter's gone
25. What season of your life are you in right now?
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November 4, 2025 at 5:12 AM
You find it's October
And she's gone
And she's gone
Summer's gone
You've been fooled by April
And he's gone
And he's gone
Winter's gone
And she's gone
And she's gone
Summer's gone
You've been fooled by April
And he's gone
And he's gone
Winter's gone
I do not love the word healing regarding psychology. We are complex, overdetermined creatures whose pain & suffering shape us. I would undo many if I could, but I do not heal from them as much as I attempt to integrate my hurt in ways that provide enrichment to my life.
24. What does healing look like for you?
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I do not love the word healing regarding psychology. We are complex, overdetermined creatures whose pain & suffering shape us. I would undo many if I could, but I do not heal from them as much as I attempt to integrate my hurt in ways that provide enrichment to my life.
I have things in my life which are rewarding and enriching, but all my experiences provide meaning. The painful ones, although unpleasant, dialectically inform the joyful moments, all providing meaning and a sort of purpose.
23. What gives your life meaning and purpose?
November 4, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I have things in my life which are rewarding and enriching, but all my experiences provide meaning. The painful ones, although unpleasant, dialectically inform the joyful moments, all providing meaning and a sort of purpose.
Overcoming the limitations of the zip code I was born in, and accomplishing the things my parents made tremendous sacrifices to provide. And trying my best to be compassionate along the way.
22. What are you proud of yourself for?
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Overcoming the limitations of the zip code I was born in, and accomplishing the things my parents made tremendous sacrifices to provide. And trying my best to be compassionate along the way.
A particular hope that I have about a person.
21. What is something that is holding you back that you need to let go of?
November 4, 2025 at 5:06 AM
A particular hope that I have about a person.