Tag: therapy

THE BONDS THAT HOLD US: ON BLOOD AND LOVE.

Post author By Velleda C. Ceccoli Ph.D.
Post date January 30, 2012
Categories In Blog, Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, Relationships
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This blog is collaboration. While I am writing it, it is based on something that was shared with me regarding a meaningful personal experience in psychotherapy. It was spawned from a posting on authenticity (https://www.drceccoli.com/2011/07/on-being-authentic/) in which I described the potential curative power of relationships that rely on the sharing of felt experience. This got […]

MALE OR FEMALE? VIVE LA DIFFERENCE!

Post author By Velleda C. Ceccoli Ph.D.
Post date May 23, 2011
Categories In Blog, Gender, Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, Sexuality, The Body
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After I finished reading the Sunday New York Times article on the feminization of psychotherapy (click the following – Need Therapy? A Good Man is Hard To Find), I was once again reminded of how wedded we have become, particularly in America, to the idea of equality. Don’t get me wrong, we have had to work […]

WHAT’S THE USE OF TALKING ABOUT IT? The Talking Cure- and why it works.

Post author By Velleda C. Ceccoli Ph.D.
Post date May 24, 2010
Categories In Blog, Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy
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Ever wonder why you have a running conversation with yourself? Why you talk to yourself on a more or less constant basis? Sometimes over trivial matters like what to fix for dinner , or what to wear, and sometimes over more serious subjects, like what to do about your job, or your partner, or […]