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An Intimate Stranger: The Myth of Self-Knowledge in Psychotherapy
When we speak of self-knowledge, we presuppose a dichotomy within the self: the observer and the observed. This bifurcation, though handy for analytical purposes, risks oversimplifying the inherent complexity of the human psyche. The dichotomy posits the ‘self’ as a static entity that can be known, studied, and comprehended, an assumption which in itself is… Continue reading
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The Myth of Control | w4dey
Control is a cultural construct; a way of creating meaning and order in our societies and ourselves. Control is a word that we use to describe and prescribe our relation to the world, a word that shapes our language, our symbols, our stories, our values. Control is a word that tells us who we are… Continue reading
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