Helen Rowland

Psychotherapist, supervisor, trainer, writer, and co-editor of Transactional Analysis Journal. Putting the politics into psychotherapy one day at a time.

[Helen Rowland @_helenrowland]

The editorial team of the #TransactionalAnalysis Journal are delighted to announce a free access issue, to celebrate the TAJ’s 50th anniversary. We have collated a collection of articles celebrating the breadth & depth of TA from all #FourFields. Pls RT https://t.co/eJZGFCYWWz

[Jonathan Shedler @JonathanShedler]

Writing in academic-ese is a “skill” relevant nowhere except academic echo chambers—where it’s major function is not to communicate ideas but to signal in-group status to other academics

(And in some cases, to obfuscate ideas most would condemn as vile if stated comprehensibly)

[Helen Rowland @_helenrowland]

@PaolaOeste Dammit.

[Helen Rowland @_helenrowland]

@PaolaOeste This is such joy x

[Helen Rowland @_helenrowland]

@PaolaOeste @AlexaDWilson @HowarthRashman I have so much time on my hands now I’m thinking of offering a respite service as a side hussle.

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

The billionaire class has to be abolished. No way around it.

We simply can’t have such ASTRONOMICAL levels of wealth inequality & maintain any kind of democratic self-governance.

Billionaires are central to every crisis—climate disaster, low pay, SCOTUS corruption, Elon Musk

[The Mel Jar @the_mel_jar]

Telling people they have to engage in self-care, or asking people what they do for self-care, is just about the most patronizing thing you can communicate to another full grown adult who is not currently sitting with you in a DBT skills class, and probably even then. Don't do it.

[The Mel Jar @the_mel_jar]

Today we had a guest come in to talk about his work at a state hospital working with the "criminally insane." Someone asked him how he takes care of himself after work, and first he said, "a fuck ton of alcohol," and then he said--

[Joel Ashton 🍃🌳🍃 @_JoelAshton]

After returning from northern France, the lack of biodiversity/insect life in the UK is shocking. I can’t possibly convey the difference in one tweet so here’s a 🧵of just how nature depleted we are, even though the landscape, climate & species (historically) are almost identical

[Helen Rowland @_helenrowland]

@PaolaOeste Fridge hum turning into a requiem mass, outdoor sounds turning into a pipe band. All great until my brain then went for some banal dad rock ffs, can’t even enjoy the odd hallucination in peace.

[circa pyaaz @deadyfreud]

"the analyst's job is not to heal: it is to resist the narrative of restoration or repair, to refuse the idea that anyone ever returns to some prelapsarian moment, to the restoration of innocence before trauma, or to a harmonious reconciliation toward a utopian future."

[Helen Rowland @_helenrowland]

@PaolaOeste I had the most brilliant auditory hallucinations at the weekend, after 12 hrs sleep over 4 days. Got Marie curie sitters coming in tonight.

[Indigo Daya @IndigoDaya]

Emotion regulation is still on my mind so I dug out some of the awful DBT handouts from when I did it years ago.

Just look at this shitfuckery:

They knew most of us were sexual abuse survivors… so what on earth justified a therapy acronym like “PLEASE MASTER”?

[BLTP 🇺🇦 @Gargarin]

South Yorkshire ,West Yorkshire , North Yorkshire

[Helen Rowland @_helenrowland]

@PaolaOeste It’s a beauty.

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

You feed an undiagnosed autistic child a diet of Doctor Who, Star Trek, Star Wars, A-Team, Knight Rider, Mash and black and white war films, of course he's going to grow up helping those who need it and fighting to bring down corrupt regimes.

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

The battle between my pathological demand avoidance and my bladder is going to end messily one day.

[Emily @the_aiju]

all hands on deck, we have a situation unfolding: they figured out how to make ads for autistic people

[Helen Rowland @_helenrowland]

@HowarthRashman @appyvalleypride Clever doggo 🐶