Ray Edward Ruiz

Licensed Practitioner of the Healing Arts

[Edward A. Perin - Psychologist @DoctorPerin]

I’ve never met anyone who suffered from addiction who didn’t have an underlying mood or trauma disorder, but people tend to focus on treating the bandaid and not the wound

[Dr. Gabriel Barsawme, LSW @GBarsawme]

If relationships leave you feeling anxious, distant, or stuck, this is for you.

The answer lies in the neuroscience of attachment—how your brain shapes your bonds.

Here’s how you can heal attachment wounds and transform your relationships for good.

[Library Path @LibraryPath]

15 Deep Philosophy and Psychology Quotes that Will Make you Think:

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[Jonathan Shedler @JonathanShedler]

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist”
―Pablo Picasso

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

9. Taking responsibility for all your problems alleviates more suffering than it generates. Most people assume that if you take responsibility for all of the pain in your life, you will feel worse about it. But the opposite is true. The more responsibility you take, the more you empower yourself to actually do something about that pain.

[Jeff Fine-Thomas @jefffinethomas]

There are 8 cultural phenomenon that have led to the dramatic decrease of teaching/learning in psychoanalysis in the academy (these paraphrases are from the work of @jonathanshedler, Nancy McWilliams, and Enrico Gnaulati): 🧵

[BrightonPsych @BrightonPsych]

What is the No. 1 characteristic of a person with a narcissistic personality style?

They do not believe in love.

That is to say, they have never been loved, do not know how to love and most profoundly, do not believe they are lovable. They believe (at times) in their performance, but not in their who they are.

Therefore, their entire existence is constructed around defending against a core of shame that must never see the light of day.

[Jonathan Shedler @JonathanShedler]

The trajectory of CBT* over the past decades is clear:

It has increasingly incorporated psychoanalytic concepts/methods—while simultaneously claiming they're discredited & CBT is superior

*now a hodgepodge of different therapies with no discernible common foundation

[Ray Edward Ruiz @EdwardRayRuiz]

Narcissism Summit 2023 https://t.co/4La3LmN0mL

[Ray Edward Ruiz @EdwardRayRuiz]

The @CCA_Alliance aims to establish a global voice for #cholangiocarcinoma – support them by signing the GCA pledge today & share it #BileDuctCancer https://t.co/bQkVGKhDw5

[Ray Edward Ruiz @EdwardRayRuiz]

My top artist of 2022. Who was yours? #SpotifyWrapped https://t.co/9SAOOGmC77

[Ray Edward Ruiz @EdwardRayRuiz]

CSUDH MSW Students Demand Support - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/wt2OM0dlv8 via @Change

[Ray Edward Ruiz @EdwardRayRuiz]

Creating opportunities for upcoming professionals with lived experience to help those in need of mental health support. 

Developing the LCSW's, LPCC's and LMFT's of the future.

#AB2222 #LCSW #LPCC #LMFT #Fosteryouth #Homelessyouth #Vote

[Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation @curecc]

Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is the 2nd most common 1° liver cancer in the US. ICC has several important mutations to look at. @drymtn

[Ray Edward Ruiz @EdwardRayRuiz]

A rare disease is one that affects less than 200,000 people in the US, or one that affects more than 200,000 people but developing treatment is not profitable. That’s what ODTC is for.

[Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation @curecc]

Congress is developing the Build Back Better Act, that could include damaging changes to the Orphan Drug Tax Credit. Please reach out to your legislators and ask them to leave the Orphan Drug Tax Credit proposed changes out of the final version of the Build Back Better Act!

[Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation @curecc]

Take action at https://t.co/DEGMdg13yQ.

[Ray Edward Ruiz @EdwardRayRuiz]

Thank you @razorbladekissco for this amazing “Trying To Find The Heart You Hide” pin! My inner-teen is flipping his hair with joy.

#heartagram #him #razorbladeromance #lovemetal #heaventonight #villevalo https://t.co/ipH2LQP3t0

[Ray Edward Ruiz @EdwardRayRuiz]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/4iSISjhDXO

[C.G. Jung Foundation @cgjungny]

"To confront a person with his shadow is to show him his own light . . . Anyone who perceives his shadow and his light simultaneously sees himself from two sides and thus gets in the middle." - Carl Jung