Ep. 13 with Terry Marks-Tarlow, Ph.D.: Fractals, Complex Systems, and Intuition

My next guest is Dr. Terry Marks-Tarlow, she received a degree in psychology from Stanford University and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from UCLA. She is the author of numerous books, my two favorites of which are: psyches veil: psychotherapy, fractals and complexity, and clinical intuition inpsychotherapy. She is a Research Associate at the Institute of Fractal Research in Kassel, Germany and For over a decade, she has been studyinginterpersonal neurobiology and regulation theory with Allan Schore. She has taught at several institutes, with the most recent one being at Pacifica. She is a well known Psychologist in Los Angeles teaching workshops and classes toother therapists.

 

In todays discussion we begin by defining fractals and how they appear in nature and everyday life. We talk about how it can model paradox, and evendive into how it may be used to understand synchronicity. We then talk about chaos theory, the limits of linear thinking and certainty and follow through by defining and discussing the importance of complex systems theory. She then shares a linear, and non-linear interpretation of the famous myth of psyche and eros,. We then dive into intuition, discuss what it is and how it differs from impulse. She provides concrete advice on how to awaken intuition and subsequently discusses her next book. As is usual, we end with a series of rapid fire questions. If you are interested in any of these topics feel free toskip around.