All Articles by Robert A. Yourell, MA
Mr. Yourell's experience in the mental health and social services fields dates back to 1975. His training includes Ericksonian communication and hypnosis with John Grinder, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing with Francine Shapiro, Ph.D., Body Integrative Psychotherapy with Jack Rosenberg, Ph.D., and solution-focused psychotherapy. He provides free audio experiences on his site that include bilateral sound and Shimmering.
Unhinging from Theory: Autism and Opinions
Sometimes, disconnecting our theories from our healing practices and clinical understanding can be a good thing to do. When Bruno Bettelheim convinced many psychotherapists and psychological theoreticians that autism was caused by bad parenting in the form of "refrigerator mothers," he was stuck on a theory. He was proven wrong, but it took some time for these clinicians to let go of their theory and see that the cause of autism was not known.For that duration, we can thank Bettelheim for causing an extraordinary amount of suffering because of his unscientific, though well-meaning, thinking. Countless mothers were blamed for their children's autism. What a thing to live with!
Post Hypnosis Society
To all members of developed nations: Now that you are realizing that corporations are not citizens, but are sociopaths, your hypnosis that our society is designed to help you have a good life is eeking away.As a counselor I have seen mid-level executives realize that they allowed themselves to be set up and bowled over by corporate downsizing. Their question: "What is all my corporate experience good for? I invested in a sort of 'business model' called being a good employee and now have no future resembling what I was expecting." They are living in a "harvest and discard" world, where people are harvested and discarded. And there were still more people experiencing this through outsourcing and corporate flight into other lands. There was no fealty to the citizens that birthed and maintained these corporations; the numbers spoke louder than the employees.
You’re Mean – I’m Lazy, Stupid and Crazy
You're stuck in a mental bind. Today, a mighty simple idea is here to release you. This entry is for anyone who has or who deals with neurological or mental challenges. That is, everyone. It is definitely for folks with ADD or similar problems. It's also for people who have the symptoms of ADD even though it doesn't exist.What does it mean if you say someone is mean, lazy, stupid, or crazy? It might mean that you did something that made me mad, so I called you a name. Or maybe I'm PC enough to call your behavior a name, as in, "Jeez, Carl, that was awful stupid. Clean that up."
Is This a Cure for War and Domestic Violence?
Don't you think empathy is the ideal cure for war and domestic violence? Wouldn't it be nice if you could teach empathy to the whole world today, right now? Well, here's a step in that direction. A set of seven studies explored ways that we can feel more empathic and less vengeful by being exposed to information and perspectives about ourselves. The researchers looked at this from different angles. For example, recalling a similar offense on their own part caused people to feel more understanding toward transgressors.
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