Moya Sarner

"Sarner is beset by a gnawing doubt"
-- The Sunday Times
NHS psychodynamic psychotherapist
Guardian columnist
Author of When I Grow Up

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I may or may not be an adult - you'll have to read the book to find out - but I am definitely now a published author. Isn't she beautiful? Read all about it in the Guardian's Saturday magazine and online: https://t.co/ErrreoOY2W

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@KemtrupTweets @proud_penelope I found his argument compelling, that growing up involves a development of the superego into a qualtitatively more protective and motivating unconscious agency that becomes less punitive and harsh and critical

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@KemtrupTweets @proud_penelope This is very interesting, a different approach to the superego from that taken by for eg Hinshelwood (drawing on Klein and others ofc) in his epically titled The Good The Bad and The Superego https://t.co/zhaMHPsyrn

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@bebookled How did you get my mesages

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@the_mel_jar @ykidch But! But! Comments on transference and countertransference in
the initial analytic meeting!

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@jordanticus Also, my personal fave:

A PEN IS
A P E N I S

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@jordanticus My friend and I spent most of our training just saying to each other, "the nose is the penis of the face"

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@mortalamycoil Incredible work!

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I cannot believe I used the wrong principle. Absolutely crushed. Going to have to eat several chocolate Hobnobs. Ugh.

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If you are a psychotherapist of any modality who is interested in writing about the unconscious, you might be interested in the creative writing workshop I'm facilitating on Sunday 10 May, 10am to 1.30pm at Jackson's Lane Art Centre in Highgate, London: https://t.co/nbZnfHnyz8

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https://t.co/nbZnfHnyz8
After a discussion, there will be time to do some writing and for some participants to present their pieces for us to learn from together.
I'm thrilled to be facilitating this workshop and hope you can join us, I'd love to meet you there

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@proud_penelope @DrGipps ☝️I think when narcissistic defences have been employed for a whole lifetime - perhaps originally to defend against abominable pain - tolerance for any kind of pain at all never grows and so any pain is experienced as unbearable...

Also, I 💜 Symington he is my absolute fave

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@JonathanShedler I despair

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It was a total delight to unleash my true feelings on AI therapy, so far as the editor would allow
https://t.co/xEsWCdkvkU
"It’s available wherever, whenever, and offers immediate responses that are designed to flatter rather than challenge, to tell you exactly what you want...

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@the_mel_jar 🔥🔥🔥

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@Anastasia_T22 Hi Anastasia, I don't work at the Guardian, I just occasionally write freelance articles. Here is the information you're looking for: https://t.co/IhVGdM8AUS good luck!

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@KemtrupTweets *(He being Bion. Apologies!)

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@KemtrupTweets between your earliest experiences and your current difficulties; that helps you see how you're using your closest relationships to play out your deepest unconscious conflicts, and that’s why you're so stuck. This insight only grows out of a real, meaningful, emotional experience.