Articles from Dr. Dan Edmunds | Selfgrowth.com
- "UNWANTED"
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Submitted on Jun 09, 2011 from Dr. Dan EdmundsHead, tiny feet and hands, resting in the palm. A cry signaling the present and future pain. From birth, there will be no calm. Abandoned by mother, treated with disdain, Tossed to and fro, from place to place. Locked into the system, full of fears, Who will care and look upon my ...
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- Meaning and Empowerment
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Submitted on Mar 12, 2011 from Dr. Dan EdmundsGeshe Kelsang Gyatso said that "patience is a mind that is able to accept, fully and happily, whatever occurs." And Shantideva stated, "If something can be remedied why be unhappy about it? And if there is no remedy for it, there is still no point in being unhappy." When people have undergone ...
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- The Meeting of Two Persons: What Therapy Should Be (Lecture at 13th Annual ICSPP Conference, Syracuse, NY) by Dr. Dan L. Edmunds
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Submitted on Jan 06, 2012 from Dr. Dan EdmundsDr. Dan L. Edmunds, Ed.D., B.C.S.A. is a noted psychotherapist, child/adolescent developmental specialist, and social activist. Dr. Edmunds is the founder of the International Center for Humane Psychiatry, a coalition of mental health professionals, psychiatric survivors and others dedicated to ...
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- The Process of Unlearning
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Submitted on Dec 06, 2010 from Dr. Dan EdmundsThere are powerful forces at work which pull us to and fro and infect us with ideas of who we are, what we should be, and often block us from becoming. These forces arise within our social and familial structures. We are sent repetitive messages and they become deeply engrained. We may have been ...
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- Anarcho-Psychology
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Submitted on Jan 06, 2012 from Dr. Dan EdmundsOne of my clients, a thirteen year old boy, related to me about his prior time at a residential treatment center. He said that many of the staff would call him and the other children by obscene names, that he often felt bullied, degraded, and ‘like I never was a human being.” The father of this ...
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( 1 vote) - The Value of a Relationship Based Approach to Autism
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Submitted on Oct 23, 2009 from Dr. Dan EdmundsIn aiding children with developmental challenges, we must first realize that this requires a team effort and a strengths based approach. It is necessary to not focus on what the child cannot do but look at what the child can accomplish and build upon this. Parents can enlist the support of ...
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( 1 vote) - Entering Their Imaginative World
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Submitted on Oct 23, 2009 from Dr. Dan EdmundsIn dealing with children with autism spectrum disorders, its all about relationship. These children are within a realm where they feel and respond much differently than others. There has been much focus on trying to eliminate certain behaviors or to evoke particular responses in children which ...
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( 1 vote) - Examining Drugs For ADHD
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Submitted on Jul 31, 2008 from Dr. Dan EdmundsIn memory of 14 year old Matthew Smith; 11 year old Stephanie Hall; and 10 year old Shaina Dunkle and other children who have died from the use of psychotropic drugs for "ADHD". The Eli Lilly company has been marketing a new drug for those who are labeled as ADHD known as Strattera. This drug ...
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- Journey Through "Madness"
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Submitted on Jul 31, 2008 from Dr. Dan EdmundsWhat is termed ‘madness’ or ‘mental illness’ is for some the only means for expression of their being lost and confused in a world which has caused them deep hurt and pain. Such is not disease but behavior with metaphorical meaning. There has been received through life mixed messages and ...
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