Exploring Parallax: The Relational Therapist's Insights
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Chapter 1: A Personal Reflection on Therapy
As I embark on my second year of graduate studies in Marriage and Family Therapy, I've taken a moment to articulate my current beliefs about human experiences and relationships, along with therapeutic practices. These principles are not intended as universally applicable, objective truths or fixed doctrines; rather, they represent a personal snapshot of my evolving understanding of therapy at this point in my career.
The following insights are influenced by systems theory, particularly some unique models within Marriage and Family Therapy, as well as psychoanalysis—especially object relations theory and intersubjectivity. While my language primarily emphasizes interpersonal relationships, I believe these principles can also apply broadly to human experiences, encompassing our interactions with others, ourselves, objects, and various phenomena. I am confident that they can be beneficial regardless of the therapeutic approach employed.
My aspiration is that these reflections offer value to those I engage with, or at the very least, serve as intriguing conversation starters.
Section 1.1: The Nature of Experience
There exists a distinct experience of being you that is not mirrored in my own— and the same applies in reverse. However, because my presence somehow intersects with your awareness, my experience inevitably influences yours, and vice versa.
There are realities that exist autonomously, including the existence of ourselves. Although we invariably impact one another, our existence is not contingent upon each other.
Subsection 1.1.1: Understanding Desynchronization
Given that your experience of being is never completely aligned with mine, a gap always exists between how we perceive ourselves and each other. This desynchronization can lead to two main feedback mechanisms: negative feedback (where we strive to align our experiences with expectations) and positive feedback (where we adjust our expectations based on actual experiences).
Section 1.2: The Role of Therapy
Since your experience will always differ from mine, we will perpetually encounter a degree of desynchronization, and our feedback mechanisms will inherently possess some level of error.
Therapy can be understood as the art of refining our feedback mechanisms while gradually embracing the inevitable nature of desynchronization. In essence, it transforms suffering into a form of play, characterized by both spontaneity (the unpredictability of outcomes) and security (our mutual commitment to the process).
Chapter 2: Bringing Photos to Life
This video tutorial, titled "BRING YOUR PHOTOS TO LIFE using 2.5D parallax animation | Photoshop & After Effects Tutorial," demonstrates how to animate still images, adding depth and movement through 2.5D parallax techniques, enhancing the visual storytelling of your photographs.
In this second video, "Bring Your Photos to Life: Easy 3D Parallax Effect in After Effects," viewers will learn how to create an engaging 3D parallax effect using After Effects, allowing still images to come alive in a captivating way.