𝗔𝗻𝘅𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 & 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝘛𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 (𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲)

S𝗼𝗺𝗲 provocative 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵s 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗿. Samuel Sotillos 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘦 last week. 💣
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"We're all waiting for a new novel therapy & a new certification in that therapy. Then we can feel more equipped [to do therapy], to just sit here like I'm sitting with you, even though I have no idea what to say or do."

"There's no interaction that doesn't have the spirit, psyche & corporeal realm. The spirit, the soul & body; that comes into all of our interactions. 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 excludes this & 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀."

"So, no, there's not going to be a novel therapy that's going to come out [& fix everything] because 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 [𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀] 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺 & 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀. And when the foundation's foul, there's really nothing that you can stack on top of it, whether it's humanistic or transpersonal psychology."

"𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 & trying to pursue what it means to live disentangled from the machinery of the Enlightenment & the [fundamentally unsound psychologies] it has produced" (Sotillos & Deussing 2025). 💡
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𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: In this 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘦, 𝗗𝗿. 𝗦𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 anxiety & 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 “𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀” 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 unfolding within our accelerationist age.

𝗛𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 psychology 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 — 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 & 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 — while diminishing the timeless vertical dimensionality of soul & spirit. 🕊️

Rather than viewing these maladies solely through pathology, Dr. Sotillos situates them within a deeper metaphysical context & calls for a sacred psychology grounded in meaning, connection & higher orders of reality. ❤️
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𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲: Sotillos, S. (2025). Anxiety & depression: The twin maladies of modern life. 𝘛𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘴 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸, 28, 181-200.

𝗧𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲, 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼: https://www.academia.edu/125174688/An.... 👀

𝗧𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲, 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼:
  / anxiety-depression-twin-maladies  . 🎧

𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: Sotillos, S. & Deussing, C. (2025). Anxiety & depression: Twin maladies. 𝘋𝘳. 𝘋'𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘦. Retrieved from YouTube.

𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁: 𝗔𝗻𝘅𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 & 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘆. According to the W.H.O., an estimated 4.0% (301 million people) have an anxiety disorder, and a further 3.8% (280 million people) of the population suffer from depression. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 #mentalhealth 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗲 & 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱’𝘀 #spiritual 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆’𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 & 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱 #psychology. In doing so, it is hoped that we may be able to enhance our understanding of these devastating ailments, and to develop treatments that support an abiding well-being. 💙