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Myths from the pair bond

In Love, Sex, and Relationships, Spirituality & Personal Growth by Dr. Keith WittJanuary 19, 2021Leave a Comment

We humans take the drives and turn them into art, and arguably the oldest art forms we have are the mythic stories beginning with the ancestral tribes. I believe the human pair bond is the fundamental driver of much mythology.

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Invisible Audiences

In Psychotherapy, Spirituality & Personal Growth by Dr. Keith WittDecember 29, 20201 Comment

We feel observed all the time. We feel observed by our conscious selves and our inner critics. We feel observed by others–by our real and imagined tribes, by the people we pass on the street—because we are tribal beings, evolved to need each other.

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The Warrior, the Healer, development, and Shadow

In Integral Perspectives, Psychotherapy, Spirituality & Personal Growth by Dr. Keith WittSeptember 1, 2020Leave a Comment

The Warrior, the Healer, and the Man of Wisdom are universal archetypes that inform our personal evolution in countless ways. They are intertwined in our adaptive unconscious–our Shadow selves.

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The Integral 3-2-1 process expanded into a 1-2-3-1 process

In Integral Perspectives, Psychotherapy by Dr. Keith WittAugust 18, 20203 Comments

In sessions, therapists use the power of the lower left quadrant intersubjective relationship to help clients make transitions from defensive states into states of healthy response, where the client has some form of compassionate witness activated, thus making numerous healing moves possible.

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A new paradigm for developing mastery in psychotherapy

In Integral Perspectives, Psychotherapy, Spirituality & Personal Growth by Dr. Keith WittJune 16, 20204 Comments

Let’s focus mostly on therapists’ growth as human beings. I believe that such an emphasis is a new paradigm for developing mastery in psychotherapy.

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Your best self — your wisest and most compassionate self — exists right now in you

In Integral Perspectives, Love, Sex, and Relationships by Dr. Keith WittOctober 30, 2019Leave a Comment

You may be embodying your wisest self as you read this. Your wisest self is a fundamental part of you that wants to choose goodness, love, courage, and commitment to people and goals. Our wisest self is our best interior guide to the universe of relationships.

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We live in a relational universe. Everything is relationships.

In Love, Sex, and Relationships, Spirituality & Personal Growth by Dr. Keith WittOctober 15, 20191 Comment

We live in a relational universe. Our lives revolve around relationships with others, nature, the world, the past/present/future, and our countless interior selves, memories, and habits.

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A Critical Moment in Relationships

In Love, Sex, and Relationships, Spirituality & Personal Growth by Dr. Keith WittSeptember 3, 20191 Comment

If you want enduring bliss, you need to know how to repair injuries back to love! This of course begs the question, “What are the secrets of successful relational repair?”

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Year-round Holiday Spirit? Yes, Please.

In General, Love, Sex, and Relationships by Dr. Keith WittJanuary 2, 2019Leave a Comment

I always love the worldcentric vibes of the holidays. Peace and love for all, New Year’s Eve around the world, and the brotherhood of man are staples of the season, and seem to be more easily shared this month than the rest of the year.

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Thanksgiving and our ancestral voices

In Cultural Commentary by Dr. Keith WittNovember 21, 2018

It’s a running gag in America that holidays generate emotional conflicts like the Caribbean generates hurricanes. Red/blue political arguments, intoxicated relatives, old family wounds exposed, social obligations grudgingly met, and on and on.

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The Art and Science of Relationships

Dr. Keith Witt

Myths from the pair bond

Invisible Audiences

The Warrior, the Healer, development, and Shadow

The Integral 3-2-1 process expanded into a 1-2-3-1 process

A new paradigm for developing mastery in psychotherapy

Your best self — your wisest and most compassionate self — exists right now in you

We live in a relational universe. Everything is relationships.

A Critical Moment in Relationships

Year-round Holiday Spirit? Yes, Please.

Thanksgiving and our ancestral voices

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