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The Therapy Arena
'The Therapy Arena' started as a blog discussing all psychotherapy and counselling-related dynamics. The nature of these 'dynamic' discussions is a journey through multi-facet terrains of the spiritual, philosophical, religious, art, music, martial arts and societal.
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These themes are inspired and originate from the works of 'The Wound of Existence' and 'The Room of No Exit' by Jamie Moran https://www.passionofheart.co.uk/
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Living 'In-Between' Worlds: The Expat Experience and the Need for Therapeutic Support
A Life 'In-Between' Two Realms To live as an expat is to exist in a space suspended between two worlds. It is not simply about moving...
Apr 74 min read
Finding Home Within: Therapy for Expats Navigating Life on New Soil
Moving to a new country is often celebrated as a kind of rebirth, a new chapter, full of colour and promise. And, in many ways, it is....
Apr 73 min read
Roots in New Soil: Finding Community and Emotional Grounding as an Expat
The Expat Journey: Navigating a New Life with Connection and Support Relocating to a new country is an experience that carries with it...
Mar 64 min read
How Can Tarot Guide You in Taking Action for Personal Growth?
The Tarot: A Path to Reflection and Transformation For centuries, tarot has intrigued and guided those who seek understanding, offering a...
Mar 65 min read
Paradox of Suffering
This is a short introduction to duende and further adds to the conversation of linking duende with the daemonic. I think it was Lorca who...
Mar 18, 20244 min read
Death - The Finale: Part 3 - The Big Boss
Below I have pasted sections from my MA thesis that delve deeper into parts one and two. There is a silence that is beyond and deeper...
Nov 22, 202312 min read
Death - The Main Event - Part 2
Below I have pasted sections from my BSc dissertation advocating humanity to reclaim death and reclaiming death - reclaiming our lives -...
Sep 21, 20238 min read
Truth Vs The Lie
The lie of character structure is the vital lie of the character structure formed during our formative years. It serves a purpose for a...
Sep 18, 20233 min read
Death - The Preamble - Part 1
Death is often overlooked, especially in Western society as bad, unbearable not worth looking at or not worth wrestling with. As a whole,...
Sep 18, 20232 min read
The Terrain of Turning Over a New Leaf
The Way of Return In the place of immense torment, Eros makes no sense because its light radiates up not down. There is a depth to...
May 5, 20239 min read
Paradox of Healing
The old medicine symbol can be traced back to ancient civilisations. The ancient Greeks and Egyptians viewed snakes as sacred,...
Apr 25, 20232 min read
The Way of Light as an invitation to the Dark to find a Deeper Light
It is said there are many paths leading to the top of the mountain. Whichever path is embraced and walked, embodied experience is key....
Apr 22, 20239 min read
What is Mental Health?
Unfortunately, mental health only seems to be acknowledged when a person appears to or begins to ‘derail’. They fall off the tracks,...
Feb 21, 202313 min read
Which way is the Way?
Existence is far too ultimate, total, hole, beyond comprehension, unknowable, even too mysterious to ‘pin-down’. Any insights/signposts...
Mar 22, 20225 min read
Situating Therapy Through Music
Flamenco is the result of a fusion of genres. These genres already existed in AndalucÃa before the gitanos [gypsies] arrived. When the...
Feb 19, 20225 min read
What is Therapy?
In an odd way, this is a very simple question yet deceptively difficult to answer. Since the birth of 'modern' psychotherapy, throughout...
Jan 15, 20225 min read
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