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Hosted by Joel Blackstock, the Taproot therapy podcasts discusses trauma and depth psychology and the implications of psychology on art and design. We dabble in neuroscience, brain based medicine, Jungian psychology, and various modes of artistic expression and healing. Based in Birmingham Alabama, Taproot Therapy Collective is the premiere providers of therapy for severe and complex trauma, PTSD, anxiety and depression. We provide EMDR, brainspotting, somatic, and, Jungian therapy as well a ...
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One of the things that happens frequently in family therapy is that a person or group of family members will accuse the other person or group of family therapy of being mean or hateful. Most of the time if someone is abusive or intentionally hurtful they won’t deny ill intentions. Put simply, someone who has meant to be mean will usually admit that…
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Nothing Gold Can Stay: A thought experiment about money, wealth, power and the psychology of economy. by Joel Blackstock | May 27, 2023 | 0 comments What do we value? It is important to note that this article is only a thought experiment for the purposes of reconsidering our implicit assumptions and societal conceptions of the necessities for civil…
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Find out more: https://gettherapybirmingham.com/neurostimulationand-qeeg-brain-mapping/ What You Need to Know About Neurostimulation and Brain Mapping Neurostimulation is a state of the art new therapy technique that can open new neural connections and rewire “stuck” passage ways in the brain to help you grow and heal. Unlike other forms of brain f…
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Win has been a lifelong friend and mentor. At 86 he is still working because in his words "I love doing therapy so damn much". He has practice at his Homewood office for 57 years and recently published the children's book that it has been his life's dream to publish. He wants children to know that it is ok to cry. Win is now a local Alabama author.…
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Read the article here: https://gettherapybirmingham.com/corporate-tech-monopolies-are-going-tto-ruin-therapy/ Last weekend BetterHelp, the online subscription therapy company, settled with the FTC for almost 8 million in fines for selling therapy patients confidential information to Facebook and Snapchat. This isn’t justice, so hold your applause. …
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The author of Parallel Myths and Living Myths, J. F. Bierlein wrote the books that first started my interest in depth psychology when I was in middle school. J.F. teaches in the Washington Semester and World Capitals Program at American University in Washington, and also works for a social sciences consulting firm. Multilingual, he is deeply intere…
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“The years, of which I have spoken to you, when I pursued the inner images, were the most important time of my life. Everything else is to be derived from this. It began at that time, and the later details hardly matter anymore. My entire life consisted in elaborating what had burst forth from the unconscious and flooded me like an enigmatic stream…
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A popular lecturer in the Jungian world, Beebe has spoken on topics related to the theory and practical applications of Analytical psychology to professional and lay audiences throughout the United States and around the world. He has been especially active in introducing training in Jungian psychology in China. Beebe is the founding editor of The S…
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Mr. Martin Gledhill BSc, BArch MA is working on a book about Carl Jung's Bolingen Tower. Martin is a senior teaching fellow in the Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, focusing on the symbolism and spirituality of architecture. The Bollingen Tower is a home built by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung. In appearance, it is a small castle with f…
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Dr. David Tacey is a professor in literature and depth psychology at La Trobe University, Melbourne. He is the author of eight books, including Jung and the New Age (2001), The Spirituality Revolution (2003) and How to Read Jung (2006).He was born in Melbourne and raised in Alice Springs, central Australia. It was here that he was influenced by Abo…
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Andy Savage is a brilliant visual and musical artist. As front man of the Parquet Courts he has seven ground breaking rock albums. As a visual artist he is makes beautiful impressionist work that has echoes of Wassily Kandinsky, playful modernism of Paul Klee and even the murals of Emil Bisttram. We are so grateful for his time with us and his body…
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Brainspotting is not a scam! It is an incredibly effective evidence based practice. I try to make videos about the most common phone calls we get at Taproot Therapy Collective. One of the calls that I get is that Brainspotting with a clinician in a another state or country just isn't working. There are thousands of BSP techniques. Patient's call be…
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Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB)—a medical procedure that effectively treats symptoms associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—is an injection of local anesthetic in the neck to temporarily block the cervical sympathetic chain which controls the body’s fight-or-flight response. ​SGB has been safely used for over 80 years for many other rea…
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Karen Horney was a German psychoanalyst. Her career came into prominence in the nineteen twenties when she formed theories on human attachment and neurosis that split from Freud’s key ideas. Horney’s theory of personality development and individuation are still highly relevant to modern theories of personality, attachment psychology and psychologic…
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Find more free resources on the website: https://www.gettherapybirmingham.com/ The Child is a tricky archetype to find within ourselves. The Child is the first archetype that the self identifies with. The Child has no problem asking for help or expressing it’s emotions and desires loudly and honestly. The Child is a kind of creative anarchy that we…
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Find more free resources on the website: https://www.gettherapybirmingham.com/ The Lover is one of the most difficult archetypes to notice that you are experiencing. By its very nature it is seductive and spontaneous. The Lover is most commonly associated with sex, but sex is the smallest part of the archetype. You cannot experience the Lover by yo…
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Find more free resources on the website: https://www.gettherapybirmingham.com/ The Magician is intuition, education, and reflexes. In myth and legend the Magician appears in stories not to be the hero, but to aid the hero on their quest. In these stories the Magician can also take the form of a witch, enchanter, or shaman. The Magician is the most …
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Find more free resources on the website: https://www.gettherapybirmingham.com/ The Warrior archetype allows us to harness our own sense of personal power to face fear and assert our own energy against the plans of others and the plans of the universe. The Warrior allows us to enforce boundaries securely between ourselves and others. It lets us carv…
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Find more free resources on the website: https://www.gettherapybirmingham.com/ The Queen is the power behind power and the maternal influence on development. The Queen is the indirect power that we hold over authority and systems just as the magician is the indirect power we hold over peers and our immediate vicinity. She is every calculated commen…
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Find more free resources on the website: https://www.gettherapybirmingham.com/ The King is our sense of systemic power or our sense of power within society . The King is both the father of the family and of society. He has a larger plan for others and sees how all pieces of the system work and what different types of people need. This larger plan c…
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Find more free resources on the website: https://www.gettherapybirmingham.com/ Our phobias are often metaphors for our most unconscious parts of self. In the 2013 movie Gravity, Sandra Bullock plays an astronaut marooned in space. At every moment she is seconds from spinning into the hopeless oblivion of deep space. Bullock’s character must use her…
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Find more free resources on the website: https://www.gettherapybirmingham.com/ In the first session when I give patients my initial observations they often have difficulty hearing what I mean regarding their emotional experience. I hear things like: “I’m not angry because I’ve also done bad things to people and everyone makes mistakes.” “I’m not sa…
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Find more free resources on the website: https://www.gettherapybirmingham.com/ J. Tamar Stone, M.A., C.H.T., is internationally recognized as a psychotherapist, consultant, consciousness teacher, senior Voice Dialogue facilitator, and the originator of The Body Dialogue Process. She is also the creator of Selves in a Box, an interactive card deck a…
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Tim Rutili is the lead singer and songwriter of the dream like mythological soundscapes of the band Califone. He sits down to talk about the depth psychology behind his life and work. His other projects include contributions to the bands Red Red Meat, Loftus, Ugly Casanova and the fil All My Friends Are Funeral Singers. I have been a life long fan …
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This is the second part in our Psychology of Architecture series, where we explore the psychology of urban planning and architecture. Andres Duany is the best selling author of Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream. He has also won multiple awards for the urban planning of Seaside, Florida; Kentlands, Maryland; a…
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Find more free resources on the website: https://www.gettherapybirmingham.com/ In my house, like in most houses in America there is a fireplace. My wife and I do not often use our fireplace. In fact, I am not even sure if it works. Now that there are more efficient forms of heating installed in most homes there is really no need for fireplaces, but…
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This is a meditation to get in touch with the shadow part of the self, that trauma or negative experiences have made us repress. Trauma and the shadow effect our physical posture and somatic response. This meditation is designed to help you notice the parts of your self that you avoid. Watch the video here: @ https://youtu.be/_FP6w_TapXE #depthpsyc…
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Read the article on Mr. Krier's work here: https://gettherapybirmingham.medium.c... Leon Krier is uncompromising in his philosophy of design and philosophy of architecture. His vision of the past and future make him a controversial figure. He is one of the key figures in the founding of the new urbanism movement. Krier's architectural theory is fix…
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Find more free resources on the website: https://www.gettherapybirmingham.com/ Yellow garden spiders have a fat yellow abdomen slicked with yellow and black stripes. They weave a tiny white squiggle in the center of their webs. I stare at the faintly milky zig zag as it sways when wind moves the web and stirs the iris sepals it hangs between in my …
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Peak Neuroscience has clinics in Dallas Texas and Birmingham Alabama. Their Neuro stimulation and brain mapping treatment pairs neurofeedback EEG with a neurostimulation device that targets specific parts of the brain. Neurostimulation has been proven to reduce the symptoms of PTSD, Autism, Dissociation and many other disorders. Find more free reso…
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Kenton Bartlett has a therapy practice in the Birmingham area where he conducts psychedelic assisted therapy. We sat down to find out more about his practice. Kenton uses oral ketamine in a therapeutic setting to help people grow and heal. You can check out his website at https://www.kentonbartlettcounseling.com #Birmingham #Alabama #Therapy #Ketam…
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We must become "unstuck" from our present time if we ever want to just stop simply existing and decide what the purpose of our existence is. We do not get to choose the times we are born into or how much time we are given. Find more @ https://gettherapybirmingham.com/ “For the whole earth is the tomb of famous men; not only are they commemorated by…
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Dr. Harrison Irons was kind enough to sit down with us and explain the process for receiving ketamine treatment. Ketamine infusions are used in the treatment of PTSD, panic disorders, dissociation, dopamine disorders, mood disorders and the management of chronic pain. Find more free resources on the website: https://www.gettherapybirmingham.com/…
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Wait! If you don't know what Brainspotting is, then watch this first! https://youtu.be/L-yiEeZsbvg Find more free resources on the website: https://www.gettherapybirmingham.com/By Taproot Therapy Collective - https://gettherapybirmingham.com
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Trauma is stored in a part of the brain that lies beneath language, cognition and ego. To heal the effects of trauma in the deep brain we must find the roots of trauma in the subcortical brain. Therapist must start with the visible symptom in the cognitive process and follow it beneath the surface into the subcortical brain. Find more free resource…
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What happened to the forgotten model of psychotherapy? There are few models of psychotherapy that have flared in popularity and waned as quickly as Transactional Analysis. Eric Berne introduced the world to Transactional Analysis as a model of psychotherapy with the publication of The Games People Play in 1964. TA was a deliberately post Freudian, …
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Carl Jung was as wildly influential as he was misunderstood. Find out about the enigmatic and some what mystical psychologist. Find more free resources on the website: https://www.gettherapybirmingham.com/By Taproot Therapy Collective - GetTherapyBIrmingham.com
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This is a free mindfulness meditation for relaxation and processing anxiety.Mindfulness works because in the present moment there is usually not that much to worry about. Maybe we are a little tired, or hungry, maybe it is cold, but there is not much to deeply upset us. Find more free resources on the website: https://www.gettherapybirmingham.com/…
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Find more free resources on the website: https://www.gettherapybirmingham.com/ What went wrong with research and psychotherapy research? The McNamara fallacy, named for Robert McNamara, the US Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968, involves making a decision based solely on quantitative observations and ignoring all others. The reason given is oft…
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Find more free resources on the website: https://www.gettherapybirmingham.com/ “Truth of feature is related to truth of being” - Frank Lloyd Wright What does the building in the dream look like? How does the space make you feel? During dream work and active imagining, I often ask clients these questions. Many times clients lack any formal training …
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Find more free resources on the website: https://www.gettherapybirmingham.com/ What is it that all of the worlds major religions share in common? How does this relate to psychotherapy and mental health? Is there a way that we can reconcile the findings of neuroscience and the tradition of spirituality? How are trauma therapy's and Jungian psycholog…
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