Cerys Love PsyD - Mirror Experiential Therapy

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As a profession, psychology justifies its existence through the claim that it eliminates distress and improves the quality of people’s lives – and, yet, psychology, so far, mostly expects people to think and then talk about their problems in order to achieve those goals. Growing up as a cowgirl on a horse and cattle ranch, I learned the hard way that the old adage, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make them drink” – is true. The same is true of people. You cannot eliminate distress and improve quality of life for anyone who is not willing and able….

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Editor's Notes Standing upon The Love Rule as a philosophical theoretical foundation, and Mirror Psychology as a clinical and social psychological theory, Mirror Experiential Therapy provides the application for psychotherapists to implement within their practice. The latest neuroscience and bio-psycho-social-spiritual research illustrate that loving something bigger than ourselves, loving ourselves, and loving our neighbors as we love ourselves in that order truly is all humanity needs to flourish. The concept is over 2000 years old - and yet is as revolutionary and relevant now as it was then - regardless of what you believe or don't believe about its author. As a pragmatic minimalist pulling the latest research thread in search of truth about optimal relationships with self and humanity, this doctor of clinical psychology is surprised to find that scientific thread circling back to this concept. It is not new. It is not sexy. What works is the point - and as a philosophical theoretical foundation for clinical as well as social psychology theory, and then as an applied concept for psychotherapy blended with experiential therapy, this works with elegant simplicity.
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