Markus Ahlberg

Therapist in training and startup consultant. Former founder of Feelmo, Googler and investment banker now empowering impact founders to achieve great things

[Markus Ahlberg @mahlb]

🧵Irvin D. Yalom’s *The Gift of Therapy* is an invaluable resource to any aspiring therapist. It contains 85 "suggestions," to use his terminology, to guide and inspire future psychotherapists. For my own benefit (and maybe yours too?), I thought I would summarize them here. 1/

[Jonathan Shedler @JonathanShedler]

Therapist: She just want me to give her love & support

Supervisor: But if she were capable of receiving love & support she wouldn't be coming to you for them. That's her real problem & until it's treated, she won't be able to take anyone's advice & that's why she needs therapy👇

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

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[Markus Ahlberg @mahlb]

@Robert4Liberty @sbkaufman 100% agree with thi

[Markus Ahlberg @mahlb]

@therapiworks Take care of yourself! Slowing down will speed up your recovery :)

[Markus Ahlberg @mahlb]

@FreudandBeyond @JonathanShedler You mean a list of @JonathanSedler's recommended papers? That sounds like a fun mini-project. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Markus Ahlberg @mahlb]

I've been looking for something like this and imagine i'm not alone. Recommended readings from @JonathanShedler

[Jonathan Shedler @JonathanShedler]

1/ People often ask what readings I recommend for clinicians & trainees who want to learn about psychodynamic therapy. Here's a partial list

For a bird's eye, jargon-free introduction to psychodynamic thought, read chapters 1 and 2 of "That Was Then, This is Now" by yours truly.

[Markus Ahlberg @mahlb]

@JonathanShedler Thank you very much.

[Markus Ahlberg @mahlb]

@JonathanShedler Thank you Jonathan! This was really great and useful. Are there any papers or books that you would suggest if I want to get a better introduction to these defenses?

[Markus Ahlberg @mahlb]

@JonathanShedler Just finished reading Ghosts in the Nursery by Selma Fraiberg, Edna Adelson, and Vivian Shapiro. Fascinating, and terrifying.

[Marina Harris, PhD, HSP-P, CMPC @DrMarinaHarris]

No I will not pay $31.50 for an scientific article meant to help people that the authors didn't get paid to write. #AcademicTwitter

[Markus Ahlberg @mahlb]

@DrMarinaHarris Universal healthcare (including mental health)

[Markus Ahlberg @mahlb]

@Ben_Chandler Thank you very much @Ben_Chandler. Will check it out.

[Markus Ahlberg @mahlb]

#therapytwitter Best book or paper on psychodynamic defenses?

[Markus Ahlberg @mahlb]

"It is the uniqueness of each person that we as counselors seek to preserve. The function of the counselor is to help the counselee be what destiny intended him or her to be." -Rollo May, in The Art of Counseling

[Markus Ahlberg @mahlb]

@LindaBerman4 Reminds me of a quote from Rollo May: "The pertinent question is not, why does he drink so much? Rather, it is why does he feel he has to flee from himself?"

[Rt Hon Chris Skidmore @CSkidmoreUK]

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[Markus Ahlberg @mahlb]

@JonathanShedler "search for truth"... "truth" here throws me off. I agree with the overall statement but feel like the addition of the word 'truth' de-emphasizes that the search is the work. The search for better understanding rather than an absolute truth.

[Markus Ahlberg @mahlb]

@bed_blog Whatabout a lot of coffee?

[Markus Ahlberg @mahlb]

@reginegalanti Congratulations!!!