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Positive Disintegration
Sitting in the Between: Notes from a Psychological Interregnum
Between the old and the new, something deeply human takes place: the making and unmaking of meaning.
Dr. Patty Gently
Aug 46 min read
The Fullness of the Half-Empty Shelf
They did not cease to matter, but that I no longer needed their mattering to hold its form, or mine.
Reuven Kotleras
Jul 13 min read
Winnicott, Early Crisis, and the Buried True Self
I actually had the option of running down the stairs and out into the street, screaming. Yet when I actually considered doing so, I decided against it because I reasoned that it seemed highly unlikely to solve any problem that I was experiencing, and indeed appeared to risk creating more problems instead.
Reuven Kotleras
Jun 298 min read
What’s Wrong with Therapy (And What Isn’t): A Former Therapist’s Perspective
The human soul does not reorganize itself to meet billing cycles. Sometimes “what just is" resides in liminal spaces.
Dr. Patty Gently
Jun 248 min read
Navigating Growth: A Roadmap for Dąbrowski’s Theory of Positive Disintegration
This analogy of a vehicle, a path, an engine, and fuel offers a relatable way to understand Dąbrowski’s Theory of Positive Disintigration
Dr. Patty Gently
Dec 2, 20247 min read
Expanding Developmental Horizons: The Crucial Role of Imaginational Overexcitability
If you’ve ever felt like you experience the world much “more” than others, you are not alone, you are needed.
Dr. Patty Gently
Nov 28, 20248 min read
Navigating Relationships as a Gifted Individual
There it was - finally proof that I was intuiting correctly. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been dismissed or told that I was crazy.
Tiana Pomaybo
Oct 2, 20249 min read
On Movement: A Becoming
The one to break the silence, to stir the stillness, to craft new life from the bones of the past.
Dr. Patty Gently
Sep 26, 20242 min read
Giftedness and Magical Thinking: How Magical Is It?
How many of us gifted pattern-finders and meaning-makers have been accused of magical thinking or something similar such as apophenia?
Dr. Patty Gently
Aug 28, 20248 min read
Discovering Giftedness (Part 1)
Sharing how the journey started and the joys and struggles along the way.
Dr. Lily Jedynak
May 12, 20247 min read
Creating the Safe Space (Part Two): Safety and Excitability
"And while I love the odd and fantastical, I want to feel safe and know that weird is OK and so am I." #DrPatty2e
Dr. Patty Gently
Nov 7, 20235 min read
Dealing With Big Feelings? You’re Not the Only One
By Youssef Sleiman Oct. 31, 2023 Quirky, wordy and lightning-fast at the keyboard, Youssef Sleiman is a professional writer and brand...
Youssef Sleiman
Oct 31, 20234 min read
Post-BITT Dream
By Reuven Kotleras on October 8, 2023 Reuven Kotleras is a profoundly gifted ex-child and polymath. He has published professionally on...
Reuven Kotleras
Oct 8, 20236 min read
Innateness and All That
By Reuven Kotleras on October 4, 2023 Reuven Kotleras is a profoundly gifted ex-child and polymath. He has published professionally on...
Reuven Kotleras
Oct 4, 20236 min read
The Power of De-Identification to Unleash Our True Potential
By Lily Jedynak, Ph.D. on August 31, 2023 Dr. Lily Jedynak is an exceptionally gifted multipotentialite. As a professional coach she...
Dr. Lily Jedynak
Aug 31, 20237 min read
A Dream About Individuation
By Reuven Kotleras on July 25, 2023 Guest blogger Reuven Kotleras is a profoundly gifted ex-child and polymath. He has published...
Reuven Kotleras
Jul 25, 20234 min read
Identity Flow Like H2O
By Dr. Patty Williams on July 7, 2023 BISN founder and president Dr. Patty Williams is a trauma therapist who specializes in EMDR,...
Dr. Patty Gently
Jul 7, 20234 min read
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