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musings on modern psychotherapy
by Peter Godfrey, LCSW, LCAS, CCS
Welcome to 'tactical therapy'. A website for Peter Godfrey, growing and healing, looking for help. Explore my site and all that I have to offer; perhaps tactical therapy will add hope, relief or enlightenment.
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Emasculation
I heard electric cars are emasculating. I heard modern society is emasculating. What the hell does emasculating mean? According to...
Peter Godfrey
Mar 5, 20245 min read
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Collaborative Adult Relationships
This chart is about you as an adult and your choices in relation to another adult individual. This chart is not about another’s actions....
Peter Godfrey
Mar 1, 20244 min read
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Recovery real-talk, M.A.T. part one
I lived in a medication integrated recovery world since before it was cool. This ‘big-tent recovery’ lip-service that know-nothing rehab...
Peter Godfrey
Feb 26, 20243 min read
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Recovery real-talk, MAT part two
I created this chart system to delineate recovery from abstinence. Zone 1. People who are ‘Not abstinent’ and ‘Not in Recovery’ include...
Peter Godfrey
Feb 26, 20244 min read
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Recovery real-talk, M.A.T. part three, conclusion
Regardless of the person’s current substance use, recovery means: 1. Honest self-reflection 2. Self-care and dignity 3. Enriching...
Peter Godfrey
Feb 26, 20248 min read
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One-minute mindfulness time-out
For one minute, use full acceptance, be very honest with yourself, and identify your feelings with a spirit of fascination and...
Peter Godfrey
May 25, 20231 min read
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Desire Delusions
Get what you want! But be careful because it is very possible to end up with what you wanted, feeling unhappy. Beware of Desire...
Peter Godfrey
Dec 1, 20222 min read
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Internalized Beliefs from Trauma
We are built for heart-to-heart connections to each other and its so painful when that system is injured. We are intended to survive in...
Peter Godfrey
Nov 15, 20223 min read
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Strength and Humility
I am in awe of nature but ...infrequently. I am rarely dumbfounded or even impressed by nature. But, the general boring-averageness of...
Peter Godfrey
Oct 24, 20223 min read
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Service
Service and volunteering is about helping others. But what do you gain as a volunteer? First, why not put in an effort to improve your...
Peter Godfrey
Dec 31, 20212 min read
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Higher Power. What? Why?
What? Higher Power is a term used in 12-step programs. It is also sometimes referred to as a 'power greater than ourselves' and is...
Peter Godfrey
Dec 16, 20213 min read
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Admirable self
At this time, the most effective mental health approach confirmed by science deals in behavior and concrete/measurable activities. Use...
Peter Godfrey
Dec 3, 20211 min read
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Recovery real talk, The 'not that bad' Conundrum
People attach to what works and they keep working it unless its obviously a creating a problem. People only innovate out of necessity,...
Peter Godfrey
Dec 3, 20212 min read
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