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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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Two Saner Views Of Mental Illness
I’ve written here before about how easily the person can become obscured by psychiatry’s fixation on the symptom or a collection of symptoms (syndrome). This is a grave problem with our current conception of mental health, which views psychological symptoms as analogous to symtoms of a physical disorder. While the ‘disease model’ can be a comfort to people… Read more
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Low cost Psychotherapy in Ireland
Due to the large number of counselling and psychotherapy courses in Ireland, particularly in Dublin, lots of low cost counselling services are available. Research shows that suicidal teens in particular have a low awareness of available resources, and despite ongoing mental health campaigns, low cost counselling in Ireland has low visibility. As I’m currently training… Read more
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Admitting Your Mistakes. Book Review: Psychodynamic Techniques
Review: ‘Psychodynamic Techniques’ by Karen Maroda The Books Objective ‘Psychodynamic Techniques’ (Maroda, 2010) is an attempt to offer a set of ‘culture bound’, historically situated clinical techniques, increasing the ability of psychotherapists to emotionally engage with their clients. Maroda suggests that it is within the affective space of the ‘real relationship’ (Gelso, 2010), that change… Read more
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Some Thoughts on Recording Radio On Location
Over the past few months I’ve been working on my latest radio project. This show has been a very different challenge from previous series, since we made the (slightly mad) decision to record on location. With the able help of sound engineer and independent producer Colm Coyne I recorded all six episodes outside the studio (with the… Read more
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The Invisible Tourguide – Episode 6 – Dublin’s Tower of Dublin
This week Byron explores that dark heart of crime and punishment, touring one of the Irish capital’s best loved historic buildings, Dublin’s Tower of Dublin. Download: Episode 6 – Dublin’s Tower of Dublin Read more
Gareth Stack 