Channel: TheraminTrees

Category: Nonprofits & Activism

Description: Asserting spurious unconscious/subconscious motives is a practice that’s contaminated the world of therapy, the social sciences and general public discourse. I explore this burden-shifting red herring with special reference to targets of abuse who’ve been told they were ‘unconsciously’ seeking abusers. You can support the channel at: patreon.com/TheraminTrees -- 0:00 a double consciousness? 3:33 motives, demonic and unconscious 4:44 detective work 5:27 wolves behind mirrors 6:34 con artists and abusers 7:24 some straw men 10:04 Adam — ‘the clown’ 15:31 Cally — ‘water on rock’ 19:00 Finn — ‘the mender’ 24:07 Muna — ‘the passenger’ 28:18 closing thoughts -- opening quote: We wouldn’t assume an individual who had been repeatedly scammed by con artists was ‘unconsciously’ seeking these abusers out. And yet when it comes to abusive relationships for some therapists it’s the standard supposition. -- subtitles Russian: Sergey Savelyev -- music © TheraminTrees Full original music tracks used in videos are available to patreon supporters who pledge at the $1 per video level.