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Plato's Digital Rings of Gyges: Working with Invisible Wounds in the Therapeutic Space attachment trauma body image body shaming online world plato psychodynamic social media therapy visibility

 

In Plato's "Republic," the story of the Ring of Gyges poses a fundamental question about moral behaviour and visibility. A shepherd discovers a ring that makes him invisible, leading him to...

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Hemingway's Empty Catch: A Psychodynamic View of Body Image in the Digital Age attachment body image perfectionism psychodynamic relational shame social media winnicott
 
 

 

When considering our complex relationship with body image in the digital age, Hemingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea' offers an unexpected but illuminating parallel. While...

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