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| Dr. Zafirides |
Posted - 05/03/2013 : 12:41:54
Hi Everyone,
Sorry I haven't been around for a while. We are in the midst of a practice expansion and a new practice website. It has taken quite a bit of my time and energy. I am not complaining, mind you. This is good stuff!!
I thought this week's podcast had a special relevance to TMS. I talk about family conflict and anger:
http://www.thehealthymind.com/2013/05/01/family-conflict-why-do-we-hurt-the-ones-we-love/
Why do we hurt the ones we love? There are some basic themes that may surprise you. But knowledge is power, and it can lead to change.
I hope you find the podcast helpful and worthwhile.
Kindly,
Dr. Zafirides |
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| Dr. Zafirides |
Posted - 05/13/2013 : 20:07:43
Rage, Forfeet and Karen,
Thanks to all of you for your kind words. It really make me feel good to know the podcasts are helpful to you.
-Dr. Z |
| Singer_Artist |
Posted - 05/08/2013 : 15:10:49
Thanks for getting back to me via email, Dr.Z..I have been listening to your wonderful podcasts since I took your advice and found them on ITunes!! They are sooo helpful! I highly recommend them to anyone here who is still suffering from TMS!
~Karen |
| Dr. Zafirides |
Posted - 05/07/2013 : 20:30:57
John,
You are most welcome. The existential approach to TMS/PPD has worked very well for me. Our community should welcome different interpretations of TMS, where it may come from and the best ways to treat the symptoms.
For me personally, the traditional psychoanalytic, anger/rage interpretation of TMS always seemed unsatisfying and somewhat incomplete. People will often come in to see me and say "I am not really angry at anything." And while they could be denying the anger or suppressing/repressing it, I believe it is also very possible that anger is not "their fuel" for TMS.
Keep in mind, the existential approach is a dynamic approach (like traditional psychoanalytic therapy) but the main conflicts focus on the universal anxieties of the human condition - death, meaning, isolation and freedom.
Everyone feels them because...we ARE.
I simply have never been that dogmatic about the "correct" theory that explains TMS - or really anything in psychiatry, for that matter. I think that's where we risk being too presumptuous and can get really tripped up.
-Peter |
| Singer_Artist |
Posted - 05/06/2013 : 18:39:44
Hi Dr. Z,
I am an old timer on the forum..Used to post very regularly then life got crazy and there was not as much of a need..thanks to working the TMS principles and the wonderful people here..:) I am dealing w/ a bad ankle sprain and knee issues from either the ankle, working out, or just plain old TMS again..
I tried to read your article about family conflict and was only able to see one paragraph..How does one see the rest and/or hear the podcast..sounds very helpful and interesting!
~Karen |
| Forfeet |
Posted - 05/06/2013 : 13:32:57
Dr. Zafrides,
I also want to thank you for doing such an excellent job over time of expanding the discussion of what types of therapy are useful for working with TMS beyond the debate of psychoanalysis vs. cognitive behavioral. Being a MFT intern, I was very dismayed at the limited way therapy options were viewed in the TMS community. It's a great service you have been providing to the community.
John |
| RageSootheRatio |
Posted - 05/06/2013 : 10:51:28
Dear Dr Z...
Just wanted to THANK YOU for your updates re your podcasts, and your posts on the board when you have time! Hope that your practice expansion and new website are going well.
You're appreciated here. 
~RSR |
