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Balint emphasizes the importance of understanding the emotional aspects of illness and the significance of effective communication in the healing process. The book encourages healthcare professionals to go beyond the purely technical aspects of medicine, recognizing the holistic nature of patient care. Balint's insights remain relevant, serving as a thoughtful reflection on the human side of medicine and fostering a more empathetic approach to healthcare.

On #trauma and traumatic experiences:

Interesting article from the American Psychological Association (APA) on the concept of trauma and its potential misuse. A challenging area in the world of behavioral health disability claims management.

Clinic Directors of The BTRC—Dr. Jessica Lamar and Elizabeth Abbruzza—in affiliation with SASH, will review the neuroscience of betrayal trauma and introduce three specific regulation strategies and introduce Emotional Transformation Therapy (ETT).⁠ ⁠ ETT is an attachment-based interpersonal therapy that is used to treat a wide variety of mental health issues including but not limited to depression, anxiety, and trauma.⁠ ⁠ Learning Objectives:⁠ ⁠ ▪️ Participants will describe how betrayal trauma impacts the nervous system. ⁠ ▪️ Participants will explain attachment styles and different trauma responses based on attachment style. ⁠ ▪️ Participants will demonstrate 3 different practical emotion regulation strategies to assist clients in working through betrayal trauma.⁠ ⁠ Registration is now OPEN! Click on the link to sign-up: https://lnkd.in/d8ygTJvn

It’s about time we have a stark conversation about the misappropriation and even casual use of psychological terms. Often when working with parents, they will remark: “We and [child’s name] experienced some ‘trauma’ recently…” and most often when I inquire with appropriate concern the parents will proceed to describe a particularly difficult tantrum or loss-of-patience that led to raised voices. It has become so frequent that I have adopted the practice of replying “Oh, ‘Drama’…. I’m sorry I thought I heard ‘trauma’; I’m sure that was tough but well within the realm of occurrences when raising a family.” This isn’t to dismiss that the family experienced a negative event, but it is important to make the distinction between the two words: drama and trauma are not synonymous. Can trauma be dramatic? Certainly. That does not make them one in the same. It is paramount that as a culture we keep our terms straight. First, to ensure those who experience trauma can get the help they need. Second, to keep from raising a generation to think inevitable and even pedestrian levels of drama are of severe or lifelong consequence; let’s avoid this concept-creep from creating needless trauma out of everyday human experiences.

Thankyou for this post; this certainly has been a phenomenon gaining momentum sadly diluting the magnitude and meaning of trauma, traumatic experiencing, and PTSD. Through my lens the critical piece to this post is the salient point that not all negative (insert childhood or adult) negative experiences are necessarily traumatic. It truly is in how the person experiences the event and what shows up for them. That said I see words related to mental health and psychology of self being used in daily language & expression without awareness or insight. Sometimes use of these are misguided or miscontrued. Education & ongoing dialogue drawing attention to this is essential while also not dismissing a person's lived experience. Curious and open communication is a key aspect to unpacking possible overuse, misuse or inaccurate reference to trauma. Context is a salient factor here.

n a 2011 paper by Alan Kazdin and Stacey Blasé, in Perspectives in Psychological Science, the authors state, “at any given time approximately 70% of the individuals in need of psychological services do not receive them.” According to Kazdin and Blasé, “While one-on-one psychotherapy will always have a valued place, the discipline needs to supplement it with an entire portfolio of new models for delivering interventions focused on both prevention and treatment of mental illnesses For the psychotherapist, new roles, adaptation, provide the best lessons of all: those learned from clients themselves. In shaping this new world of psychotherapy, therapists will themselves experience over and over the exhilaration and excitement that comes with change.

Empathy is at the heart of our work as therapists, but this empathy may sometimes come with a cost. We often carry our clients' experiences with us, even outside of sessions, which can lead to vicarious trauma. Read our latest blog post here to learn more about recognising vicarious trauma and what we can do to guard against it as therapists: https://lnkd.in/dd8GVq4v #blog #newblogpost #mentalhealth #psychology #vicarioustrauma

#SoulVoyage speaks with clinical psychologist Aanishka Agrawal, founder of The Therapist Room, about the benefits of virtual therapy sessions, and coping mechanisms for anxiety and depression such as journaling and narrative therapy. #Therapy #MentalHealth #Journaling #Psychology