This is a re-posting of an assignment I wrote for a Psychoanalysis Module. Following a reading of Lacan’s ‘Family Complexes in the formation of the individual’, this article will attempt to outline a breakdown of how Neurosis is construed by Lacan as a distinct psychical structure. …

As an act of integration itself this essay will weave together both my literal and figurative philosophical ethos for practicing psychotherapy. I will discuss how the practices of Wonder, I-Thou dialogue and Phroenesis inform my relational approach to working with clients and continuous development. A case example* from my clinical…

“Psychotherapy is as much an art as is a science” - Laura Perls, 1982. This reflective piece focuses on developing awareness of oneself in the presence of another. I begin by exemplifying Tracking as a therapeutic noticing skill. I will further use my own experience of Dissociation for how ‘unawareness’…

As part of my therapist training we were privileged to attend a Death Café hosted by out Existential Psychotherapy lecturer. Our class was split into groups of four. We recieved a “Menu” of sorts, only rather than a selection of food there was a selection of questions specifically related to…

The following essay was originally submitted as an asignment for my Existential Psychotherapy module. Our lecturer asked us to critically evaluate the claim “that existentialism encourages people to accept, and learn how to negotiate, the paradoxical nature of human existence”. While the essay was intended to be an APA academic…

In this reflective essay my own personal polarities will be presented. it was originally submitted as an assignment during my Master’s degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Periodic referral to Gestalt theory will be used for illustrating and informing my own coherence of these polarities, in addition the contexts of which…

This essay was originally submitted as a assignment for ‘The Body in Psychotherapy’ module of my Master’s degree program. We were tasked to critically evaluate the link between affect dysregulation and the impact on the developing psychic structure. Word Count: 3998 Chapter Contents Structuralization Affect Dysregulation Dissociation Trauma Trauma and the Brain …

This essay was original submitted as an assignment for a ‘Psychodynamic Theory and Practice’ module of my Master’s degree program. We were tasked with assessing how early experiences in childhood impact on the development of defences in later adult life with specific reference to the presenting past and its focus…

What follows is a brief outline of how Projective Identification is understood as a ‘bedrock of unconscious communication and interaction’ within the therapeutic relationship. Additionally, it will highlight how the relationship between therapist and client* parallels that of the primary-carer and infant. …