Aurelian Castellano
@aureliancastellano.bsky.social
Therapist, thinker, and eternal student of the human condition. Here to exchange ideas and challenge norms. Slightly caffeinated, always curious.
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New to this corner of the Internet. Expect musings on the mind, life's quirks, and why my basil plant gets better self-care than I do.
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New #therapy for #depression, Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy, had better long-term effects than CBT or med:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41135204
Focuses on attachment, mentalization, and recurring patterns in relationships.
Evidence grade moderate 7/10
chrisaikenmd.com/ebm
#psychology #psychiatry
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41135204
Focuses on attachment, mentalization, and recurring patterns in relationships.
Evidence grade moderate 7/10
chrisaikenmd.com/ebm
#psychology #psychiatry
November 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
New #therapy for #depression, Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy, had better long-term effects than CBT or med:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41135204
Focuses on attachment, mentalization, and recurring patterns in relationships.
Evidence grade moderate 7/10
chrisaikenmd.com/ebm
#psychology #psychiatry
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41135204
Focuses on attachment, mentalization, and recurring patterns in relationships.
Evidence grade moderate 7/10
chrisaikenmd.com/ebm
#psychology #psychiatry
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Excellent movie. Saw this years ago and I just recently re-watched it. Still very relevant today and worth checking out.
pep-web.org/browse/docum...
pep-web.org/browse/docum...
PEP | Browse | Read - Psychoanalysis in El Barrio
A Psychoanalytic Library at your fingertips
pep-web.org
March 30, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Excellent movie. Saw this years ago and I just recently re-watched it. Still very relevant today and worth checking out.
pep-web.org/browse/docum...
pep-web.org/browse/docum...
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A great Italian expression today: fare un buco nell'acqua, literally "to make a hole in the water." It means a wasted effort, a flop, useless work. Spero di non fare un buco nell'acqua oggi, and I hope you can avoid that too. Happy Friday!
March 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A great Italian expression today: fare un buco nell'acqua, literally "to make a hole in the water." It means a wasted effort, a flop, useless work. Spero di non fare un buco nell'acqua oggi, and I hope you can avoid that too. Happy Friday!
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metaphors are workhorses in psychotherapy
March 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
metaphors are workhorses in psychotherapy
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“Metaphors are double agents. They say one thing and mean another.
When we invoke a metaphor, we dislodge words from their literal perch. Our words become ambidextrous, stretched by analogy.
We can say new things.”
When we invoke a metaphor, we dislodge words from their literal perch. Our words become ambidextrous, stretched by analogy.
We can say new things.”
For this unsung philosopher, metaphors make life an adventure | Psyche Ideas
Susanne K Langer understood the indispensable power of metaphors, which allow us to say new things with old words
psyche.co
March 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
“Metaphors are double agents. They say one thing and mean another.
When we invoke a metaphor, we dislodge words from their literal perch. Our words become ambidextrous, stretched by analogy.
We can say new things.”
When we invoke a metaphor, we dislodge words from their literal perch. Our words become ambidextrous, stretched by analogy.
We can say new things.”
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To be trusted is a huge privilege.
To be worthy of trust is a lifelong process of learning.
#existential
To be worthy of trust is a lifelong process of learning.
#existential
March 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
To be trusted is a huge privilege.
To be worthy of trust is a lifelong process of learning.
#existential
To be worthy of trust is a lifelong process of learning.
#existential
To my friends and colleagues in the US, please watch and please vote! Your democracy and democracies around the world depend on it!
Reminder: 2025 is a major election year.
There are ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND open seats up for election this year across 45 states.
Don’t agonize. Get organized.
There are ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND open seats up for election this year across 45 states.
Don’t agonize. Get organized.
2025 Is a Major Election Year
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
To my friends and colleagues in the US, please watch and please vote! Your democracy and democracies around the world depend on it!
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Sweden-based watchdog says U.S. on verge of losing its status as a democracy.
“If it continues like this, democracy [there] will not last another six months."
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
“If it continues like this, democracy [there] will not last another six months."
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
ANALYSIS | U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog | CBC News
Possibly defying a court order. Urging his Justice Department to prosecute nemeses. Repeatedly calling the media 'illegal.' Declaring a predecessor's pardon null and void. U.S. President Donald Trump ...
www.cbc.ca
March 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Sweden-based watchdog says U.S. on verge of losing its status as a democracy.
“If it continues like this, democracy [there] will not last another six months."
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
“If it continues like this, democracy [there] will not last another six months."
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
This was a really interesting read. It also helped be put various elements into context when listening to dream material.
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
March 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This was a really interesting read. It also helped be put various elements into context when listening to dream material.
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
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"I would rather be the child of a mother who has all the inner conflicts of the human being than be mothered by someone for whom all is easy and smooth, who knows all the answers, and is a stranger to doubt."
- Donald Woods Winnicott, psychoanalyst
Art: Mother and Child (detail), Gustav Klimt
- Donald Woods Winnicott, psychoanalyst
Art: Mother and Child (detail), Gustav Klimt
March 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"I would rather be the child of a mother who has all the inner conflicts of the human being than be mothered by someone for whom all is easy and smooth, who knows all the answers, and is a stranger to doubt."
- Donald Woods Winnicott, psychoanalyst
Art: Mother and Child (detail), Gustav Klimt
- Donald Woods Winnicott, psychoanalyst
Art: Mother and Child (detail), Gustav Klimt
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I think the key here is to note that Socrates is referring to the life we’re *currently* living
so that changes can be made so as to improve it
and make it worth living
so that changes can be made so as to improve it
and make it worth living
March 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I think the key here is to note that Socrates is referring to the life we’re *currently* living
so that changes can be made so as to improve it
and make it worth living
so that changes can be made so as to improve it
and make it worth living
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"Essere donna non è un dato naturale, ma il risultato di una storia. Non c'è un destino biologico e psicologico che definisce la donna in quanto tale.
Tale destino è la conseguenza della storia della civiltà, e per ogni donna la storia della sua vita.” (Simone de Beauvoir)
Non torniamo al passato!
Tale destino è la conseguenza della storia della civiltà, e per ogni donna la storia della sua vita.” (Simone de Beauvoir)
Non torniamo al passato!
March 8, 2025 at 6:12 AM
"Essere donna non è un dato naturale, ma il risultato di una storia. Non c'è un destino biologico e psicologico che definisce la donna in quanto tale.
Tale destino è la conseguenza della storia della civiltà, e per ogni donna la storia della sua vita.” (Simone de Beauvoir)
Non torniamo al passato!
Tale destino è la conseguenza della storia della civiltà, e per ogni donna la storia della sua vita.” (Simone de Beauvoir)
Non torniamo al passato!
With all the madness and rhetoric in the media - I'm finding myself leaning into ChatGPT at times and noticing how it can help with reality testing. Has anyone else experienced this?
March 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
With all the madness and rhetoric in the media - I'm finding myself leaning into ChatGPT at times and noticing how it can help with reality testing. Has anyone else experienced this?
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"The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else's life." - Frank Zappa
February 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else's life." - Frank Zappa
As we all tend to individually repeat patterns of behavior and relational interactions throughout our lives, it's almost as if as a species we do this collectively throughout history. What's happening now in the world is sickening and I almost feel like this is a bad dream.
February 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
As we all tend to individually repeat patterns of behavior and relational interactions throughout our lives, it's almost as if as a species we do this collectively throughout history. What's happening now in the world is sickening and I almost feel like this is a bad dream.
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The secret to everything is: involve yourself, invest your time, in something both greater than yourself and something that you can have profound impact in doing so. This is: your family, friends, personal and professional communities. Think small and local. Do this, consistently, your whole life.
February 3, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The secret to everything is: involve yourself, invest your time, in something both greater than yourself and something that you can have profound impact in doing so. This is: your family, friends, personal and professional communities. Think small and local. Do this, consistently, your whole life.
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really weird how Trump fired everyone at the Airline Safety Committee and the Elon forced the head of the FAA to quit, and then planes started falling out of the sky. it's almost as if actions had consequences
February 1, 2025 at 2:39 AM
really weird how Trump fired everyone at the Airline Safety Committee and the Elon forced the head of the FAA to quit, and then planes started falling out of the sky. it's almost as if actions had consequences