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Adrian's Conceptual Keys
by Adrian Lory
Theory and discussion of aesthetics, spirituality, therapy, and philosophy. adrianlory.substack.com
Episodes
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Music, Thought, Silence & More: Peter & Adrian Dialogue #8
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Peter & Adrian on Aristotle, Soul, Music & More
Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adrianlory.substack.com
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Psy-Phi Dialogue #6 with Peter Saint-Andre and Adrian Lory
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Dialogue #5: Balance, Attention & Wonder
Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adrianlory.substack.com
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On Happiness, Self-Esteem, Mythology & More
Hey everyone, here’s Peter’s and my dialogue from a couple weeks ago — topics include: * superficial vs more profound concepts of happiness * the concept of self-esteem and its components * Greek mythology One of the things I enjoy about these is I’ll sometimes have some significant insight…
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Effectiveness in Healing: A Brief Summary of Common Factors for Psychedelic Pioneers
A brief look at the research tradition that identified what makes therapy and healing in general effective beyond the specific methods employed.Adrian is an LPC turned psychological fitness coach: http://www.adrianlory.comx: https://x.com/AdrianLory1 substack: https://substack.com/@adrianlory...
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Psy-Phi Dialogues No. 3
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Psychology Meets Philosophy 2: Ritual, Friendship & Therapy
Peter and Adrian discuss a variety of topics at the interface of psychology and philosophy. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adrianlory.substack.com
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Psychology Meets Philosophy II
Peter Saint-Andre and I had another really good time discussing a variety of topics in this discussion, including… Thanks for reading Keys to Therapeutic Psychology! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. * the nature of ritual (and art) and civic versus personalized…
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How to Cure Anger Issues (Resentment & Envy): by Channeling Toughness
Resolving anger issues requires respect for the part of the self that's getting angry, and channels for one's strength or toughness. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adrianlory.substack.com
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A Therapist Addresses Psychedelic Pioneers: Learn the 11 Keys to Psychopathology
Psychedelic therapy is a new frontier and will benefit from a map of the psychotherapeutic terrain synthesized from the work of 20th century practitioners. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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5 Best Self-Help Books You've Probably Never Heard Of
Adrian is an LPC turned psychological fitness coach: http://www.adrianlory.com These 5 self-help books are great but little known: How to Raise Your Self-Esteem: https://www.amazon.com/Raise-Your-Self-esteem-BRANDEN-NATHAN/dp/B006U1OA68 The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up:...
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How to Cure Imposter Syndrome: A Realistic Guide
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adrianlory.substack.com
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Therapy & Philosophy in Conversation: ft. Peter Saint-Andre
What is philosophy? How has it evolved over the years? How might it contribute to living a good life? How does it relate to the science of psychology? How does therapy fit into all of this? Please enjoy this conversation between Adrian and Peter! This is a public episode. If you would like to...
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Live with Peter Saint-Andre and Adrian Lory
Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adrianlory.substack.com
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How to Cure Anxiety (through ACTION)
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adrianlory.substack.com
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Blah, Bah & Boo-Hoo: Three Forms of Depression
Learn to distinguish 3 types of what we somewhat imprecisely might call "depression." This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adrianlory.substack.com
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Milton Erickson, Hypnosis, & Storytelling in Therapy
Milton Erickson brought a storytelling approach to therapy. This video tells a bit of his story and the story of his approach to hypnosis and therapy. Also see my episode where I interview Jeffrey Zeig, founder of the Milton Erickson Foundation. This is a public episode. If you would like to...
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Psychotherapy “Interminable”: The Problem with Permanent Therapy
An argument in favor of maintaining strong purpose in therapy, and against the notion that “everyone should be in therapy all the time.” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adrianlory.substack.com
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No Cancellation Policy? Yes!
It is customary in therapy to have a 24-hour cancellation policy but is this really the best policy from either a business perspective OR a therapeutic perspective? I suggest perhaps not and relay my own experience with not having a cancellation policy. This is a public episode. If you would like...
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Alfred Adler, Cognitive Therapy, & the Concept of Self-Esteem
Alfred Adler, the progenitor of Cognitive Therapy, had a non superficial concept of self-esteem. He saw the human being as having a need for a realistic sense of efficacy (the human “striving for ‘superiority’” - a better translation of which might have been “striving for mastery”), and that to…
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Kabbalistic Insight & Symptomatology: An Integration (Sephiroth & Classic Psychological Syndromes)
David Bakan’s “Sigmund Freud and the Jewish Mystical Tradition” noted that Freud’s work developed in the context of Jewish culture and resonated with themes from that culture and from its mystical book the Kabbalah. Bakan did not notice, however, that the symptoms and syndromes Freud dealt with...
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Awe & Dread: The Spiritual Emotions
Awe (or Wonder) and Dread (or Horror) are the emotional means by which we process the mysteries of spiritual life and death. They are signposts to pay attention to, guiding us in the direction of more and more life (spiritual life), and less and less death (spiritual death). Seek to cultivate awe...
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Rank, Rogers & Death: Existential Psychotherapy (Basic Facts & Basic Technique)
Otto Rank, the forefather of Existential Psychotherapy, was a significant influence on Carl Rogers, who developed an indirectly existential technique. I also offer here an existential exercise to help with blocked decision-making. It amplifies the perspective of limited time by enhancing visceral...
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Panic, Terror & Dread (Oh My): Addressing Separation Anxiety, Threat Anxiety, and Void Anxiety
Here I discuss three forms of anxiety (separation anxiety or panic, threat anxiety or paranoia, and “void” anxiety which relates to Winnicott’s “fear of breakdown” or Didier Houzel’s “precipitation anxiety”) and offer some impressionistic thoughts on what may be relevant to addressing them. For...
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Carl Jung, Psychosynthesis, and Working with Subpersonalities: How to Resolve Inner Conflict
A brief look at Carl Jung, Roberto Assagioli, and an exercise that encapsulates the practical wisdom of the psychosynthetic or Jungian tradition: subpersonality dialogue (a form of active imagination). This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get…
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How to Address "Overthinking" and "Analysis Paralysis": Basic Concepts and a Simple Exercise
Learn a way to address obsessive self-doubt, aka “overthinking” or “analysis paralysis.” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adrianlory.substack.com
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How to Develop the Capacity for Play: The Therapeutic Use of Art
Learn about the origins of the use of art in therapy and an essential technique for developing the capacity for play: Florence Cane’s scribble technique. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adrianlory.substack.com
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The Essence of Body Psychotherapy: Integrating Mind and Body (Wilhelm Reich & Essential Technique)
Wilhelm Reich founded body psychotherapy and in this video I offer a technique that encapsulates body psychotherapeutic work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adrianlory.substack.com
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How to Unlock Relational Capacity from the Grip of Negativity
One of the problems with negativity (resentment, bitterness, envy, self-loathing, or what in the technical literature goes by "masochism") is that it tries to connect with others in ineffective ways, often through ineffective complaining. Here I offer a story that I’ve found can unlock relational...
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Reflections on Love and Heartbreak (aka lovesickness, manic depression)
How to treat a broken heart? Might insight from C. S. Lewis in his book The Four Loves, examining various Greek concepts of love, shed light on this important issue? Might the experience of awe, a subject of interest in the field of positive psychology, and related to the Greek concept of agape…
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Levels of Being, Character Strengths, & Symptoms: A Simple, Comprehensive Model
A way to understand symptoms in terms of levels of being and correlated character strengths. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adrianlory.substack.com
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Treating Pathological Guilt: Basic Concepts and Technique
How to recognize, understand, and deal with toxic guilt. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adrianlory.substack.com
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How to Address Low Self-Confidence and “Imposter Syndrome”: Basic Concepts and a Simple Exercise
Self-inadequacy, associated in the clinical literature with narcissism, is addressable when we understand what the symptom is asking for. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adrianlory.substack.com
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Religion & Rationality: The Function of Religion in Human Life
To understand religion we must understand its function as distinguished from the function of philosophy and science. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adrianlory.substack.com
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Addressing Bitterness, Envy & Resentment in Psychotherapy: Masochism Pointers
What to avoid, and what to do, when addressing negativity in the therapeutic process. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adrianlory.substack.com
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The Basic Structure of Psychotherapy: A Comprehensive Map
7 therapeutic traditions, 7 common factors, 11 basic symptoms - and ways to understand the basic underlying structures involved in these 3 pillars of psychotherapeutic practice. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes…
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Psychoanalysis: A Basic Summary
What is the essence of psychoanalysis? And how does it relate to the other psychotherapy traditions? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adrianlory.substack.com
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Understanding Paranoia and 3 Ways to Address in Psychotherapy
Understand the essence of paranoia and three ways it can be addressed in psychotherapy. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adrianlory.substack.com
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11 Basic Symptoms: Psychotherapeutic Symptomatology & Personality Structure
If you know the basic symptoms that motivate people to seek psychotherapy, you will be better able to understand what clients are try to convey to you and even be able to help them tell you what they're experiencing.Further, we can understand symptoms as expressions of different aspects of...
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How to address physical tension (reintegrating mind and body)
In this episode I offer a technique for resolving physical tension, whereby we reintegrate the conscious mind with unconscious tension through a process we could call "tension exaggeration." Adrian Lory is a licensed professional counselor and professional life coach: http://www.adrianlory.com…
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How to address anxiety (understand root causes)
In this episode I identify three root causes of anxiety and indicate how we can address each of these. Adrian Lory is a licensed professional counselor and professional life coach: http://www.adrianlory.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...
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Decoding debates (evaluate intellectual integrity)
In this episode I name three basic qualities to suss out on either side of a debate — not only so you can better evaluate debates that are of interest to you, but also so you can have a new angle on the nature of productive, gratifying thinking. Adrian is a licensed professional counselor and...
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Keys to self discipline (you are both the soldier and the general)
In this episode I unlock an aspect of the psychology of discipline, so you can develop a discipline that is yours. Adrian is a licensed professional counselor and professional life coach: http://www.adrianlory.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers…
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How to handle guilt feelings (guard your basic sense of worth)
In this episode I offer a way to think about and address toxic guilt feelings. I explain how toxic guilt can arise as a defense against feelings of helplessness and hurt, and suggest that when this is the case, if we can accept the feelings of helplessness and hurt, the guilt may then dissolve....
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Free will vs. determinism (3 simple hacks to liberate your mind)
In this episode I shed light on the history and psychology of the materialistic/mechanistic bias that interferes with a straightforward understanding of human agency. For more context, see the previous two episodes — "How to understand free will (choices are choices between motivations)" and...
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Choices & character development (following our deepest wisdom)
In this episode I discuss characterologically consequential choices, shedding light on a certain type of choice that can arise in the context of character development, distinguished by its significance with respect to our psychological health, our value to our family and the community, our...
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How to understand free will (choices are choices between motivations)
In this episode I offer you a down-to-earth definition of the concept "choice" so you can have a clearer view of what is in your control and what is outside of your control and thereby take the reins in your life more effectively and ultimately make more of your potential. Adrian Lory is a…
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Action elements of life (further insight to correct imbalances)
In this episode I offer you a list of basic action elements of life, so you can gain insight into what kinds of actions might be involved in correcting imbalances. Adrian Lory is a licensed professional counselor and professional life coach: http://www.adrianlory.com This is a public episode. If...
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A life areas checklist (correct imbalances in your life)
In this episode I share with you a list of basic life areas, so you can examine your life at any time and correct imbalances. Adrian Lory is a licensed professional counselor and professional life coach: http://www.adrianlory.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Theory and discussion of aesthetics, spirituality, therapy, and philosophy.
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