The Puddler’s Forge: Raw Iron, Red Lights and the Refining of Omnipotence
In this paper, I explore the concept of “omnipotence”, the illusion of being all-powerful, through a metaphor inspired by my roots in Dudley’s industrial heritage.
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Shane Sneyd
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Mr Shane Sneyd
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
Dudley, United Kingdom
Clinical Supervision, Counseling +3
Relationship Issues, Addiction +4
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An experienced, competent and empathic adult psychotherapist working predominantly with adults and young people.
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Gratitude: The Black Country Breakfast
How early trauma can limit the capacity to experience gratitude.
A Spreader in Search of a Container
Will an individual contain and transform their psychological pain or will they spread or transmit it like a virus?
The year to find the extraordinary in being ordinary
To achieve extraordinary things you first need to be able to accept being no less than ordinary.
New Year: New Thinking
With the New Year under way, it is time reflect on how you think and feel about yourself, others and life.
Lockdown: opportunity or despair?
‘Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way’. Vi...
How Can You Have Feelings Without The Feelings Having You?
Generally, one of the main difficulties that can be encountered in the work of an analytical psychotherapist is related to the above question. How can a person have feeli...
Omnipotence: The hidden danger
The purpose of this article is to try and bring the concept of omnipotence to a wider audience. I hope by increasing peoples’ awareness it might help them recognise the h...
Anger Management: “How Do You Transform a Raging Lion Into a Purring Cat?”
Anger is a natural, healthy emotion that can drive us forward and help us to overcome adversity. However, unfortunately for some people, it either becomes akin to a ragin...
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