The pandemic, as a universal experience, revives memories of collective loss, uncertainty, disorientation, and labor beyond one’s known capacity. The weight of restrictions and confinement in words like ‘lockdown,’ ‘containment zones’ and ‘curfews’ invariably births an internal dialogue within many of us. Limited space sparked independent thinking as most observed the failure of systems and societal institutions in the presence of these violent, unpredictable, contagious wave

A metaphorical navigation of unconscious depth in psychodynamic psychotherapy ‘Scuba diving left me in touch with a myriad of emotions that remind me of what it means to engage with a psychic realm that seems unknown. While it is easy to stew in the list of unknown factors that can easily impact ‘how well’ or ‘how poorly’ a dive can go, the curiosity to explore left me dwelling on a few questions and qualms. I sat on the metaphorical shore of my mind, ‘an in-between’. The sti

The formation of a personality comes from a myriad of influences. I experience this very construct as fluid though it is often bound by patterns that hold psychic dilemmas and the inner world of a person. The fluidity evolves into a distinct identity, as a person comes into their own as an individual in human society. The juxtaposition of qualities depicts how implicitly relational the making up of a personality is - it is a co-created product informed by the environment, obj