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How Therapists Can Help Rebuild Our Attention

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By D. Graham Burnett, Eve Mitchell
| Psychology Today Verified
Technological and economic shifts have placed human attention under unprecedented strain in the last 15 years. Attention activism rests on three pillars: study, organizing, and building sanctuaries to protect attention. Therapy is itself an attention sanctuary, fostering rich joint attention through shared time and copresence. Therapists work at the intersection of the art and the science of human attention.
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The Healing Power of Real Human Attention

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By D. Graham Burnett, Eve Mitchell, Lybi Ma Verified
| Psychology Today Verified
One hundred years ago, the word empathy entered the English language, coined by largely forgotten Cornell psychologist Edward Titchener, a disciple of Wilhelm Wundt. Over the ensuing decades, use of the word empathy exploded beyond the field of psychology, becoming central to how humans discuss understanding one another. Most therapists understand empathy to be foundational to therapeutic practice and essential to its success.
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How Therapists Can Heal Our Attention

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By D. Graham Burnett, Eve Mitchell, Devon Frye Verified
| Psychology Today Verified
Human attention is a foundational but finite resource. Our attention is being deformed by the tech industries for financial gains at the expense of our well-being. Attention activism is an emergent grassroots movement that has psychological and social well-being at heart. Therapists are well-positioned to help stop these forces through attention activism. Therapists are practitioners of attention.
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