Green; with envy
I wonder how often we actually acknowledge the origin of a saying? Truly know where it comes from and what it implies. Maybe this has a bit to do with the book I am currently reading; The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram. I am a long way from finishing it,...
Creating Content
Dear Diary, It has been a while since I have been able to write anything for my blog. I think I might be suffering from writer’s block? Can it be? Surely this isn’t supposed to be such a tedious task and rather just flow naturally from the creative process that is...
Rebel in remission
A year. 365 days and a bit. That is the point that is almost upon us regarding the experience of lockdown in South Africa. It doesn’t feel all that long ago, yet it feels like it has been ages at the same time. It also celebrates the first anniversary of my...
The Certainty of Uncertainty
Chicken or Fish? “How did I get here?”, I utter to myself as I am confronted with a familiar discomfort. No matter what I do it seems that this feeling is unshakable. In as much as a feeling could be shook, I would shake this one until it understood that I am...
Breaking the bad of breaking
Breaking isn’t one of the most coveted processes around. We talk about “back breaking work” when it is labour intensive. We associate seven years of bad luck with breaking a mirror. We even go as far as to introduce a paradox for wishing someone luck on their...
Grief or something like it: Part 2
An interpretive dance of words about the experience of loss. A big part of the process of therapy, at least in my experience and approach, is the use of metaphors. Part one of this series on unfortunate events was written to set the scene, to create a metaphor...
Grief or something like it.
Grief or something like it. A brief introduction to the experience of loss before the interpretation provided in part two.
The illusion of control
“I love it when a plan comes together” are the famous words uttered by Hannibal from “The A-Team” after yet another successful mission. Wow, what a feeling! The stars align and everything falls into place exactly as you planned. No hiccups, no curveballs, no...
What is the meaning of all of this?
What is the meaning of all of this? 42! Nope. Let me try again. Forty-two. Not even when I try to formulate the number in a humorous style of our former president does it seem to be the answer to the question. Yet, in “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by...
Psychotherapy in the time of a Pandemic
A human. Isolated. Possibly the only person left on the planet after a virus breaks out and leaves the world in disarray. And yes, this is actually reference to another film and not the reality of the lockdown that we are currently experiencing. I am sure though that...
Often growth feels like breaking first. You need to work through the pain, discomfort or fear before you can start to heal.
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Validation
/ˌvalɪˈdeɪʃn/
Noun
1. The action of checking or proving the validity or accuracy of something.
2. The action of making or declaring something legally or officially acceptable.
3. Recognition or affirmation that a person or their feelings or opinions are valid or worthwhile.
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Where your fear is, there your task is - Carl Jung.
In life we are always confronted with fears. Maybe the best thing we can do is to understand what our fears mean and in that way, work towards creating a strategy and solutions for the challenge at hand.
#comfortzones #fear #clinicalpsychology
Unknown
/ʌnˈnəʊn/
1. Adjective: not known or familiar.
2. Noun: an unknown person or thing; that which is unknown.
3. Therapy: process of making known what is unknown, forgotten, suppressed and/or repressed. See awareness.
4. Hidden from conscious awareness. Awareness brings choice, choice over time brings change.
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Renardo Treurnich
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Renardo Treurnich
Clinical Psychologist
MA Clin Psych (UP)
Practice No: 0626465
info@rtpsychology.co.za
92 Stella Street
Brooklyn
Pretoria
062 530 4025
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