On the site of SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted) this article by James T Webb . Hereafter are some excerpts. Full text here. “Although an episode of existential depression may be precipitated in anyone by a major loss or […]
It all started with these few words which I read : « You can’t stay, you can’t play » sending me back to these (primary- and high-) school years when I have been so often told them. I was expelled, set apart, […]
Arousing the Sleeping Giant: Giftedness in Adult Psychotherapy by Mary Elaine Jacobsen is one of the most famous on the issue of Gifted adults. It is perhaps also one of the most benevolent, giving hope. Here is the conclusion of […]
Hereafter are some excerpts of “If You’re So Smart, Why Do You Need Counseling?” a well known article by Deborah Ruf, Ph.D. (published in 1999, in Advanced Development Journal, Vol. 8). Her “article gives examples of the confusing feedback that […]
In my post related to the Albatross, I wanted to point out the drama of intellectual inhibition in reporting a communication done by a French psychiatrist for children (Dr Gauvrit). Dr Gauvrit insists on the possibility to come out of […]
From Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), French poet. The Albatross (from The Flowers of Evil – 1857) Often, to amuse themselves, the men of a crew Catch albatrosses, those vast sea birds That indolently follow a ship As it glides over the […]