Creating the Self: On the Important Roles that Pain and Discomfort Play in Learning, and Why Should'ing All Over Yourself Isn't Always a Bad Thing

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In this episode, I reproduce a three-part Zoom lecture that was inspired by a Lucy Holmes (2006) article titled, "Becoming an Analyst: Learning to Live with Madness, Aggression, and the Unknown," in which she gives therapists permission to be angry, stupid, and crazy. I apply her ideas to my own experience as a process-group leader, but one could apply them to any endeavor at becoming competent in a given field.