Attachment and loss: Matters of life and death
Alan Eppel Posted with permission from New Therapist issue no.84 March-April 2013. Love and Loss The interplay of love and loss is the central dynamic in the human story. The longing for love and the pain of its loss are the most deeply felt o..
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BORDERLINE PERSONALITY: TIME FOR A REDEFINITION
Vol 2 # 4 Alan Eppel Borderline personality continues to be a major focus of mental health services. This is in large part due to the high rates of presentation to outpatient and inpatient psychiatric services. The term borderline per..
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Personal Recollections of Donald Winnicott
Vol 5 # 3 Barbara Barnett MPhil Barbara Barnett was educated at the London School of Economics. She completed her studies in Social Work and worked in the Child Welfare Services in England after the Second World War. She rece..
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Normal People: the self-at-worst and the self-at-best
Vol 8 #5 Sally Rooney Normal People Reviewed by Alan Eppel Sally Rooney, a 27-year-old Trinity graduate, authored this masterful story of two young lovers embroiled in an emotionally conflicted romantic and sexual entanglement. The relationshi..
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How can fostering the development of healthy narcissism help prevent interpersonal trauma?
Vol 10 #3 Caroline Giroux, MD, FRCPC Author information: Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA, [email protected] More than ever, we seem t..
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How to process and make sense of abrupt termination of psychotherapy by a patient
Journal of Psychiatry Reform Vol 9 #13, August 2022 Caroline Giroux, MD, FRCPC Author information: Professor of Psychiatry, Psychiatrist, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Sacrame..
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The insidious postpartum effect: when the norm of motherhood is equated with pathology
Journal of Psychiatry Reform vol. 10 #4, April 2023 Caroline Giroux, MD, FRCPC Author information: Professor of Psychiatry, Psychiatrist, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Sacrame..
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The hidden ACE
Journal of Psychiatry Reform vol. 10 #11, October 2023 Caroline Giroux, MD, FRCPC Author information: Professor of Psychiatry, Psychiatrist, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Sacr..
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Polyvagal Approaches: scientifically questionable but useful in practice
Journal of Psychiatry Reform vol. 10 #11, October 2023 Caroline Giroux, MD FRCPC1, Daniel Ahlers, MD2, Alyssa Miawotoe, BS3 Author information: Caroline Giroux, MD, FRCPC, Professor of Psychiatry, Psychiatrist, University of California, Dav..
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Trauma And the Impact of Misattunement in Early Childhood.
Journal of Psychiatry Reform vol. 11 #1, January 2024 Author Information Katrina Wood PhD Clinical Psychologist Wilshire Counseling Center in Los Angeles and Ventura in CA The concept of Cumulative Trauma has been a growing focus of mental hea..
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