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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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NPI strives to cultivate respect within our community for people of all abilities, ages, countries of origin, ethnicities, genders, gender expressions, races, religions, and sexual orientations.  NPI stands alongside our Black colleagues, clients and community...
Opening to our Inner Healing Intelligence

Opening to our Inner Healing Intelligence

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Opening to our Inner Healing Intelligence Join us in 2023 as we continue to explore the internal wisdom that encourages the human psyche to move in the direction of healing, wholeness, well-being, and growth. “Collective Sigh” (photo by Author...
Making the Case for Viewpoint Diversity

Making the Case for Viewpoint Diversity

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Inspired by John Stuart Mills and embracing a spirit of humility, intellectual curiosity, and a healthy dose of humor, we hope to lead NPI in an exploration and cultivation of Viewpoint Diversity.

It’s Not Their Fault

It’s Not Their Fault

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Here are some reflections on the kind of interesting conversations that psychotherapy makes possible. A few weeks ago, an adult patient of mine in his forties shared with me an email he’d received from his older sister. Their mother had been mentally ill in an...
Transcendent Resistance

Transcendent Resistance

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Its 5:00 on a Thursday and I’m doing my clinical notes. Of the eight patients I saw today, five of them spent their therapeutic hour sharing their anxiety about various actions and statements of our new United States president. This is no longer an unusual day for me....
Get Happy: Four Well-Being Workouts

Get Happy: Four Well-Being Workouts

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Original Article by Julie Scelfo in The New York Times, published April 5, 2017 Relieving stress and anxiety might help you feel better — for a bit. Martin E.P. Seligman, a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and a pioneer in the field of...
The Origins of NPI

The Origins of NPI

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The beginning of NPI was like a miracle. I suppose any conception has the elements of mystery and amazement. NPI certainly did. I think in 1983 when a group got together, it was like a sperm penetrating an egg and suddenly cells grew, doubled and multiplied. Who can...
The History of NPI

The History of NPI

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Sometime in 1985 a series of conversations occurred among a small group of psychotherapists in Nashville about how to provide continuing education to psychotherapists.  Jennie Adams had returned from an American Orthopsychiatry Association conference in Washington,...