CAN YOU MASTER YOUR EGO? NOTE 15 Psychotherapy: An Imperfect History of an Impossible Profession SIGMUND FREUD: THE PAST CREATES THE FUTURE CARL JUNG: A LOOK AT THE DARK SIDE ALFRED ADLER: THE PAST DOES NOT MATTER, JUST FOCUS ON THE PRESENT 16 Fearing Our Own Selves … and Other Mental Blocks HOW WE RESIST OUR DEVELOPMENT – IGNORANCE AND DENIAL DISMANTLING THE BLOCKS MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, ONE DESTINATION UNCOVER THE HIDDEN AND THE REPRESSED THE HARD THING ABOUT THERAPY – LETTING THE THERAPIST DRIVE 17 Stages of Therapy FOUR PHASES OF THERAPY 18 Challenges and Pitfalls in Therapy THE ROAD TO A HEALTHY MIND IS LONG 19 Medicating Our Way to Recovery THE MEDICATION DEBATE MOTIVATIONS, MONEY, AND THE NEED FOR SPEED TO MEDICATE OR NOT TO MEDICATE IS A LONGSTANDING DEBATE NOTES
13 Part IV: These Rituals Worked for Us 20 A Soul Made Cheerful WORKING ON YOUR INSIDE – THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-CARE HOW WE AVOID SELF-CARE NOTES 21 Prescription 1 – An Organized Diminution of Work PAUSE, BALANCE, BREATHE THE FEELING OF NOT DOING NOTE 22 Prescription 2 – Get Out of Your Head LESS HEAD, MORE BODY SILENCING THE INNER CHATTER MANAGING THE VELCRO OF NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES CORTISOL, SEROTONIN, AND DOPAMINE – THE MAGIC OF TOUCH NOTE 23 Prescription 3 – Feeling, Not Thinking POETRY IS FEELING – NOT THINKING MUSIC AND MOODS IN SERVICE OF OTHERS GRATITUDE WITH PRESENCE IT'S A MATTER OF TIME – REFLECTIONS AND RUMINATION 24 Prescription 4 – Spirit over Mind STARING IN THE ABYSS WHAT DO YOU WORSHIP? PICK YOUR GODS OR THEY PICK YOU SEEKING SOLACE UNDERSTANDING OUR SHADOW SIDE – FEARS, ENVY, RESENTMENT 25 Prescription 5 – A Promise to Yourself 26 The Elements ofa Good Life
14 Postscript: How to Care for the Broken and the Depressed TOP REASONS FOUNDERS DO NOT ASK WHAT DO THE DEPRESSED NEED? WHAT THE DEPRESSED DO NOT NEED HOW TO HELP – A FEW GOOD EXAMPLES NOTES
15 Appendix I: A Founder's Mental Health Manifesto
16 Appendix II: Founders’ Voices and Anonymized Surveys
19 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 2Table 2-1 Aspirations and Outcomes
2 Chapter 3Table 3-1 External Events and Depression TriggersTable 3-2 Internal Feelings versus External Stressors
3 Chapter 4Table 4-1 Resources and Constraints Evolve with Stages of Growth
4 Chapter 7Table 7-1 An Ethical Framework from Two Perspectives
5 Chapter 12Table 12-1 Belief Systems
6 Chapter 13Table 13-1 Hierarchy of NeedsTable 13-2 Internal and External Stressors
7 Chapter 16Table 16-1 Knowing What We Know: The Johari Window into Our Minds
List of Illustrations