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Psychotherapy & Depth Work

Addiction and the Question of Choice: What Are We Trying to Escape?

Posted on October 16, 2025October 16, 2025 by Colin McDonnell
the other clinic therapy office
16
Oct

Addiction isn’t about substances or vices – it’s about the structure of desire and what we can’t bear to feel.

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Why Intrusive Thoughts Don’t Mean What You Think They Mean

Posted on October 16, 2025October 16, 2025 by Colin McDonnell
the other clinic baggot street therapy
16
Oct

Intrusive thoughts can feel threatening, but they’re rarely about what they seem. Explore how psychotherapy helps uncover their meaning

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When Reassurance Becomes the Ritual: Understanding OCD’s Hidden Logic

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Colin McDonnell
the other clinic relationship counselling office
16
Oct

OCD often hides behind logic; but reassurance can become part of the obsession

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The Role of Silence in Psychotherapy

Posted on October 15, 2025October 16, 2025 by Colin McDonnell
15
Oct

Silence often feels uncomfortable. Many people worry that if they stop speaking in therapy they’re failing somehow. But silence in psychotherapy isn’t absence – it’s presence of another kind.

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The Limits of Quick Fixes

Posted on October 15, 2025October 16, 2025 by Colin McDonnell
the other clinic psychoanalytic psychotherapy room
15
Oct

In a world of quick fixes and surface solutions, psychoanalytic psychotherapy offers something irreplaceable

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