MORE ON SHRINKS AND PSYCHOANALYSIS

http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/p/psychoanalysis.asp

shrink
n.
1. a. The act of shrinking.

b. The degree to which something shrinks; shrinkage.

2. Slang A psychotherapist.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/shrink

Browsing around in the internet, looking for information about our unit's topic of these weeks, I've come across the most unexpected things about it...

Puppets? What for?

Blogs by Psychiatrists for Psyquiatrists...but no one has to listen!

Of course cartoons, books, art...

What do you think?

Do It Yourself Book of Freudian Psychoanalysis

http://us.macmillan.com/shrinkyourself

Freud's insights are everywhere in 20th-century literature. But, from Virginia Woolf to Philip Roth, psychoanalysts have been given short shrift in fiction, lacking the inner life that is their trade.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/feb/16/featuresreviews.guardianreview2

Celebrities and shrinks:

Britney Spears A Hot Topic For Shrinks

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/23/entertainment/main3744988.shtml

Psychoanalysis FAQ

http://www.wawhite.org/index.php?page=psychoanalysis-faq

Dinah, ClinkShrink, & Roy introduce Shrink Rap: a blog by Psychiatrists for Psychiatrists. A place to talk; no one has to listen. All patient vignettes are confabulated; the psychiatrists, however, are mostly real. --Topics include psychotherapy, humor, depression, bipolar, anxiety, schizophrenia, medications, antidepressants, antipsychotics, ethics, psychopharmacology, forensic and correctional psychiatry, psychology, mental health, chocolate, and emotional support ducks. Don't ask.

http://psychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com/2008/05/psychoanalysis-of-oliver-sacks.html

The Country Shrink
A psychologist from rural America comments on psychology, psychiatry, religion, and politics.

http://thecountryshrink.com/tag/psychoanalysis/index.html

PSYCHOANALYST PUPPETS???

Tell me, how do you feel about finger puppets?
Go nuts with this set of psychoanalyst puppets, including Freud (the father of psychoanalysis), his daughter Anna Freud (a noted child therapist), Carl Jung (king of the collective unconscious). Comes with a red chaise lounge so the shrinks can take turns shrinking each other.
You and your friends can debate psychological theory, reenact the friendship and breakup of Freud and Jung, and turn psychoanalytical theory on its head! The box converts to a puppet theater. Made in China.
http://www.uncommongoods.com/item/item.jsp?itemId=12060

ART:

Shrink art -- many of us have seen it. I'm not talking about shrunken objects or about things wrapped in clear plastic. I'm referring to something more intimate and private, something many of us have knowledge of but rarely mention: the art and objects that grace the offices of the therapists and analysts we have known. Shelburne Thurber, "Psychoanalytic Interiors,"

http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/features/jsaltz/saltz4-2-04.asp

SHRINKS AND PSYCHOALYSIS

picture source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frasier_Crane

In Unit three (SHRINKS AND PSYCHOANALYSIS) EXERCISE 7, you can read this: "Kara Bazzi is a licensed marriage and family therapist in the Seattle area (...)"
Do you know Cheers spinoff FRASIER? Dr. Frasier Crane also lives in this area, we can say he is a therapist, as well, but is a totally different professional!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbjUL9Er-Yg

Frasier Winslow Crane, M.D., Ph.D., A.P.A. is a fictional character on the American television sitcoms Frasier and Cheers. He was played by Kelsey Grammer for 20 years, tying the record for the longest-running character on prime-time American television, which was set by James Arness, who played Marshal Matt Dillon on the show Gunsmoke. Grammer received Emmy Award nominations for portraying Crane on three different NBC shows, including a 1992 guest appearance on Wings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frasier_Crane

What's wrong with shrinks and this topic? Some never want to say they are visiting one!
Let's see what this unit brings...

MY PROMISED POST FOR PALOMA

COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS.

We ALL have communication problems whether we're using our mother tongue, a second language, if we have hearing problems...
If we are studying a language we need to learn the rules, grammar, vocabulary, etc. in the best way but in the end what we need is communication.
So...never feel shy or embarrased, feel free to speak, many people will smile when we speak, some will help us, some will correct us and finally we will learn, we will know more.
We could have done it better, why did we say this or that in the wrong way, we did not pronounce that properly...that's the way we learn!!!
This post is for Paloma, one of our students who is doing a great personal effort everytime she speaks, as she finds it hard to do it as perfectly as she'd like. She is a fighter, so keep on improving Paloma!! (let me include your mates, too: KEEP ON WORKING!)

Well, this is for Paloma and her mates, to have a real good laugh.

For those of you who have not heard about Fawlty Towers (no? and Monty Phyton? ;-) ) please have a look: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawlty_Towers

Now, you can check we all have communication problems (the plot around Mrs. Richardson) . If it is a bit long you can use fast forward but try to watch it little by little, once and again, and you will understand a bit more every time. Enjoy it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5frHEREsYPM&feature=related 1st part

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ez4x6IYfMo&feature=related 2nd "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=225SOyk1fzg&feature=related 3rd "


Please send us your comments on Fawlty's episode or your anecdotes on communication problems!!