Abbi
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The emphasis is so often skewed towards the Cass Review and so rarely towards changes made in other countries that have expressly rejected the Cass Review and adopted an informed consent model, considering *this* to be best practice.
The eagerness of some people for Ireland to follow the UK in its anti-trans crusade is genuinely worrying.
If the UK jumped off a cliff are we supposed to follow?
If the UK jumped off a cliff are we supposed to follow?
February 1, 2026 at 12:32 PM
The emphasis is so often skewed towards the Cass Review and so rarely towards changes made in other countries that have expressly rejected the Cass Review and adopted an informed consent model, considering *this* to be best practice.
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Every wave have its beat
Size 14 inch on masonite board
Medium acrylics
Prints available
Digital files available.
Size 14 inch on masonite board
Medium acrylics
Prints available
Digital files available.
January 30, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Every wave have its beat
Size 14 inch on masonite board
Medium acrylics
Prints available
Digital files available.
Size 14 inch on masonite board
Medium acrylics
Prints available
Digital files available.
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Echt. Provinciaal gereutel.
D66, VVD en CDA zijn het op hoofdlijnen eens
D66, VVD en CDA zijn het op hoofdlijnen eens
Na dagenlang onderhandelen zijn D66, VVD en CDA het op hoofdlijnen eens.
nos.nl
January 28, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Echt. Provinciaal gereutel.
Maybe I should pivot to health psychology. My heart lies with psychoanalytic thought, but I'm not sure how long it will take for me to have the bandwidth to treat the population I want to treat. Or if I ever will, to be honest.
January 28, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Maybe I should pivot to health psychology. My heart lies with psychoanalytic thought, but I'm not sure how long it will take for me to have the bandwidth to treat the population I want to treat. Or if I ever will, to be honest.
Just met with part of the CBT-E treatment team. They were open to my experiences and seem to be less dogmatic than the people at the previous place, so I'm cautiously optimistic that they'll help me figure out what helps and what doesn't.
January 27, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Just met with part of the CBT-E treatment team. They were open to my experiences and seem to be less dogmatic than the people at the previous place, so I'm cautiously optimistic that they'll help me figure out what helps and what doesn't.
Hunger: Mentalization-based Treatments for Eating Disorders (2019)
January 26, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Hunger: Mentalization-based Treatments for Eating Disorders (2019)
forever conditioned to read the sacred and the propane instead of profane
January 26, 2026 at 6:17 PM
forever conditioned to read the sacred and the propane instead of profane
When faced with a lack of progress, the advice is often to engage in motivational interviewing. My question is: why not try to figure out whether there is enough capacity for (self-)reflection first?
January 26, 2026 at 4:25 PM
When faced with a lack of progress, the advice is often to engage in motivational interviewing. My question is: why not try to figure out whether there is enough capacity for (self-)reflection first?
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I studied linguistics in college, and I’m a therapist now. I’m fascinated by language change and language engineering. So I want to opine on the term “gaslighting,” if you’ll permit me. So I tend to be a proscriptivist (maintaining language standards and standardization through rules), but 1/
January 25, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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As my family's Cassandra, I was always told "things won't escalate, surely" in regard to the rise of fascism.
January 25, 2026 at 9:38 PM
As my family's Cassandra, I was always told "things won't escalate, surely" in regard to the rise of fascism.
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For a cohort that fairly consistently smirks and eye rolls in response to our concerns, the power we appear to have over them, to make them agree with things they would never otherwise agree with, is quite something.
Centrists are *finally* waking up four decades too late and we are apparently supposed to be nice to them about it because otherwise “the left is mean” will make them agree with the fascists again.
January 25, 2026 at 9:21 PM
For a cohort that fairly consistently smirks and eye rolls in response to our concerns, the power we appear to have over them, to make them agree with things they would never otherwise agree with, is quite something.
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We’re reminded that Nazis got and retained power, not because they had magic propaganda or because they hid their crimes, but because a significant part of the population wanted them to have power.
President Trump, “You haven’t manufactured our current national ugliness; you’ve simply revealed it and leveraged it.“
Must Read.
open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...
Must Read.
open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...
Thank You, President Trump
Dear President Trump,
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:39 AM
We’re reminded that Nazis got and retained power, not because they had magic propaganda or because they hid their crimes, but because a significant part of the population wanted them to have power.
"Like Glenn Close in that movie".
January 23, 2026 at 8:52 PM
"Like Glenn Close in that movie".
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candidates for everywhere to be seen, yet no-where to be found:
• God
• being
• God
• being
January 23, 2026 at 2:59 PM
candidates for everywhere to be seen, yet no-where to be found:
• God
• being
• God
• being
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think one of the advantages of a developmental lens is it at least has the capacity to be much less pathologizing than other labels
January 20, 2026 at 1:13 PM
think one of the advantages of a developmental lens is it at least has the capacity to be much less pathologizing than other labels
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truth in advertising: I also think of “borderline” much as less as a diagnosis (especially DSM kind) and more as a developmental level
not unlike hypnagogic or hypnopompic states
that all of us experience when sufficiently angered (eg “losing our shit”) or fused (eg in love)
BPO >> BPD
not unlike hypnagogic or hypnopompic states
that all of us experience when sufficiently angered (eg “losing our shit”) or fused (eg in love)
BPO >> BPD
January 20, 2026 at 1:11 PM
truth in advertising: I also think of “borderline” much as less as a diagnosis (especially DSM kind) and more as a developmental level
not unlike hypnagogic or hypnopompic states
that all of us experience when sufficiently angered (eg “losing our shit”) or fused (eg in love)
BPO >> BPD
not unlike hypnagogic or hypnopompic states
that all of us experience when sufficiently angered (eg “losing our shit”) or fused (eg in love)
BPO >> BPD
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10 tips over psychiatrie en moeder-dochterrelaties
10 tips over psychiatrie en moeder-dochterrelaties
In hoeverre andermans verhalen een rol spelen tijdens het schrijven van een roman verschilt natuurlijk per auteur. Voor Emma van Hooff werden sommige boeken en films zelfs onmisbaar voor haar eigen roman....
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January 20, 2026 at 9:30 AM
10 tips over psychiatrie en moeder-dochterrelaties
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“Cultures, Rank reminds us, are in their most primordial form, cults.” 🎯
Power is at bottom a magical concept, pertaining ultimately to human control over life and death… Power over natural forces [including death] is the underlying ideology of the modern conception of power.
~ Otto Rank, Beyond Psychology
~ Otto Rank, Beyond Psychology
Cult and Cultivation
Martha Crawford — January 19, 2026
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:46 AM
“Cultures, Rank reminds us, are in their most primordial form, cults.” 🎯
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In many jurisdictions, people's lives have been ruined because they "pirated" a music album. Meanwhile, NVIDIA:
NVIDIA Contacted Anna’s Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books * TorrentFreak
NVIDIA executives allegedly authorized the use of millions of pirated books from Anna's Archive to fuel its AI training.
torrentfreak.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:23 PM
In many jurisdictions, people's lives have been ruined because they "pirated" a music album. Meanwhile, NVIDIA:
I love this 🥹
Eldest: I’ve found a way to help [toddler] calm down. I’m getting him to talk to [cat] about his dream last night.
Husband: when you said you wanted to be a cat psychologist I didn’t realise you meant train cats to become psychoanalysts
Eldest: what’s a psychoanalyst?
Husband: *describes*
…
Husband: when you said you wanted to be a cat psychologist I didn’t realise you meant train cats to become psychoanalysts
Eldest: what’s a psychoanalyst?
Husband: *describes*
…
January 18, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I love this 🥹
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Daddy moet soms harde taal gebruiken
Trump legt Nederland en andere landen 10 procent importheffing op vanwege Groenland
Trump legt Nederland en andere landen 10 procent importheffing op vanwege Groenland
De landen die worden getroffen door de importheffingen hebben toegezegd deel te nemen aan een verkenningsmissie die dient als voorbereiding op een NAVO-oefening.
nos.nl
January 17, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Daddy moet soms harde taal gebruiken
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Dan dreigt D66 de junior partner te worden in een rechtse regering. Jetten heeft de verkiezingen gewonnen maar dreigt de formatie nu te verliezen. Probleem is dat ze nooit echt gedurfd hebben om druk op de VVD te zetten.
January 16, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Dan dreigt D66 de junior partner te worden in een rechtse regering. Jetten heeft de verkiezingen gewonnen maar dreigt de formatie nu te verliezen. Probleem is dat ze nooit echt gedurfd hebben om druk op de VVD te zetten.
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Voor de VVD kan dit zelfs strategisch zijn. Hoe meer ze GL-PvdA buitenspel zetten, hoe meer de minderheidsregering afhankelijk is van steun van radicaal-rechts. Hoe meer kans de VVD dan heeft om haar agenda maximaal te realiseren.
met alle 'onhandige' VVD-uitlatingen van de afgelopen dagen, begin je toch te denken dat de VVD probeert om toekomstige samenwerking in de Kamer met GLPvdA op voorhand te saboteren...
January 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Voor de VVD kan dit zelfs strategisch zijn. Hoe meer ze GL-PvdA buitenspel zetten, hoe meer de minderheidsregering afhankelijk is van steun van radicaal-rechts. Hoe meer kans de VVD dan heeft om haar agenda maximaal te realiseren.
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It seems most people think about it as a type of transference, but I think its more ubiquitous than that.
Any intimate relationship involves the erotic to some extent, even if its subtle and/or unconscious.
The norm should be to expect it developing, but often we expect the opposite.
Any intimate relationship involves the erotic to some extent, even if its subtle and/or unconscious.
The norm should be to expect it developing, but often we expect the opposite.
January 16, 2026 at 4:41 AM
It seems most people think about it as a type of transference, but I think its more ubiquitous than that.
Any intimate relationship involves the erotic to some extent, even if its subtle and/or unconscious.
The norm should be to expect it developing, but often we expect the opposite.
Any intimate relationship involves the erotic to some extent, even if its subtle and/or unconscious.
The norm should be to expect it developing, but often we expect the opposite.