Blake Griffin Edwards LMFT

About

Blake Griffin Edwards is a licensed marriage and family therapist, behavioral health director, and integrated care consultant in Washington State.

Books by Blake Griffin Edwards LMFT

Recent Posts

How to Be a Happy Introvert

Introversion has its liabilities. Yet, repeated acts of pretending to have characteristic traits that do not match your underlying experience have the potential to poison your well-being.

What Is Psychological Freedom?

Not everyone is willing to endure the possibilities of freedom. Many are uncertain how to manage the dialectical anxieties of a free existence.

5 Distinctive Characteristics of Person-Centered Therapy

Carl Rogers clarified distinctions setting person-centered therapy apart from other psychotherapies, distinctions which have by-and-large persisted for nearly a century.

The Essential Discipline of Turning Otherward

The more we allow our strengths to become enlivened within the frictions of life together, the more creative and loving we become.

3 Common, Cringeworthy Introvert Experiences

It is not unusual for the last pair of chatters in a room to include one introvert who secretly has been attempting to escape the conversation for some time.

It is not unusual for the last pair of chatters in a room to include one introvert who secretly has been attempting to escape the conversation for some time.

Mass Neurosis Through the Life and Lens of Erich Fromm

Fromm viewed certain social dynamics as neurotic and their impact on the individual as a projection of societal dysfunction.

Fromm viewed certain social dynamics as neurotic and their impact on the individual as a projection of societal dysfunction.

Taking Stock of "Evidence-Based Therapy"

The behavioral sciences do not deal in the absolutes of mathematics or physics, where studies of cause and effect are more realistically isolated into forces and impacts.

The behavioral sciences do not deal in the absolutes of mathematics or physics, where studies of cause and effect are more realistically isolated into forces and impacts.

Why We Fail Patients with Comorbid Mental and Physical Illness

We have devoted resources for many, yet we have not cared well for the severely and persistently mentally ill—for their mental health needs, or their addiction and medical needs.

We have devoted resources for many, yet we have not cared well for the severely and persistently mentally ill—for their mental health needs, or their addiction and medical needs.

The Man Behind Unconditional Positive Regard

Carl Rogers provided a vision for reformation, challenged conventions, engaged in qualitative research never before tried, and established much-needed new ethical guidelines.

Carl Rogers provided a vision for reformation, challenged conventions, engaged in qualitative research never before tried, and established much-needed new ethical guidelines.

Why Extraverts Talk So Much

The world around extraverts is their psychological space. Therefore, they occupy it to experience it and, in so doing, experience themselves.

The world around extraverts is their psychological space. Therefore, they occupy it to experience it and, in so doing, experience themselves.