Category Archives: Psychology

Knowing & Being Known

Posted on April 28, 2012 by allodoxaphobic

There was a time when, in order to express your views on anything more than a very local and intimate scale, you would have needed access to printing and publishing resources. The arrival of radio and then television made inroads … Continue reading →

Posted in Psychology, Self, The Human Condition | Tagged alone, attachment, connection, Dunbar's number, Facebook, friends, friendship, lonely, Robin Dunbar, twitter | 1 Comment

Another Storybird Book

Posted on March 27, 2011 by allodoxaphobic

Here is the third part of the weekend trilogy. Sayitsok showed me the Storybird site and I will always be grateful – it is such a good place to create stories. In this third story, you can find out why … Continue reading →

Posted in growing up, Mental Health, Psychology, Self, Story Bird, Storybird, The Human Condition | Tagged anxiety, autism, autistic, being safe, childhood, life value, Mental health, Mind, parenthood, psychology, psychotherapy, spirit | Leave a comment

Being Me

Posted on March 27, 2011 by allodoxaphobic

Another book I created in Storybird. I wrote it for a dear friend. And for you. http://storybird.com/books/being-me-7/

Posted in envy, growing up, Psychology, Self, Story Bird, Storybird, The Human Condition | Tagged anxiety, enlightenment, life value, motivation, philosophy, psychotherapy, spirit, teenage depression | Leave a comment

An Arrogance of Psychologists

Posted on October 24, 2010 by allodoxaphobic

On one of the major social network sites there is a thread running at the moment – it has been running for 4 months in fact – based on a simple question “What is the best way to treat phobia?” … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Mental Health, Psychology, Skeptic, Therapy | Tagged anxiety, client, cognition, counselling, fakery, fraud, Mental health, mental illness, Mind, phobia, psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, therapist | 7 Comments

Fix Autism? (via Aspergers : A Mom’s Eye View)

Posted on October 1, 2010 by allodoxaphobic

It is so nice to be able to bring this blog to your attention If we could fix Autism, would we? I recently attended a conference where a geneticist presented some very exciting advances in current autism research – leading … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Mental Health, Parenthood, Psychology, Therapy | Tagged anti-vax, enlightenment, Mental health, Mind, parenthood, psychiatry, psychotherapy, skeptic, teenage depression | Leave a comment

Melancholy

Posted on September 4, 2010 by allodoxaphobic

The air is changing. It is the first weekend in September and summer seems to be waving its last flags of welcome, opening the door to autumn. I went to photograph one of my favourite places this morning at dawn, … Continue reading →