I Thought Everyone Meant What They Said
You were not being difficult, you were following rules that you had assumed everyone was following. You assumed others wanted the same. For most of… Read More »I Thought Everyone Meant What They Said
Imi Lo
Imi Lo is a psychotherapist and consultant who has dedicated her career to helping emotionally and intellectually intense people turn their depth into strength. She has written three books with Hachette: Emotional Sensitivity and Intensity, The Gift of Intensity, and The Gift of Empathy.
Imi has over fifteen years of clinical experience, including roles with Médecins Sans Frontières and the NHS (UK), and holds three master's degrees in Mental Health, Buddhist Studies, and Global Cultures. Her training includes art therapy, philosophical counselling, Jungian psychology, mentalization-based treatment, EMDR, Schema Therapy, mindfulness-based and trauma-informed modalities, and she works integratively with psychodynamic, philosophical, and creative methods.
You can contact Imi for a one-to-one session tailored to your specific needs.
Alan Watts, Wu Wei, and McStoicism: What Popular Philosophy Gets Wrong – with Frank Saunders Jr.
If you have searched for help with anxiety or overthinking, YouTube has probably offered you ten Stoic principles that will change your life, or Taoism… Read More »Alan Watts, Wu Wei, and McStoicism: What Popular Philosophy Gets Wrong – with Frank Saunders Jr.
Who Decides What Is Wrong? Neurodiversity, Diagnosis, and Patient Autonomy
In this conversation, we discuss why the idea that medicine is about healing may be wrong, what the evidence actually shows about the effectiveness of mental health treatment, and what happens when the system has to label you as disordered before it can help you. We talk about diagnostic labelling and neurodiversity, the disturbing variation between doctors’ subjective judgement, and whose voice actually counts in psychiatric settings. We close with a conversation about the philosophy of death.
Intense and Gifted: The Cost of Performing Normal – Gordon Smith, Imi Lo
Gordon Smith is a therapist, coach, and creative instructor who has spent over 26 years working with gifted and neurodivergent adolescents and adults. Gordon came… Read More »Intense and Gifted: The Cost of Performing Normal – Gordon Smith, Imi Lo
On Aging and Closing Doors
Sometimes, when we dread something, it is not the thing itself that we dread, but the prospect of a shrunken future. What hopes and dreams… Read More »On Aging and Closing Doors
A Philosopher’s Case for Grieving — What Loss Does to the Self | Michael Cholbi & Imi Lo
As I was researching mortality and grief myself, I came across Professor Cholbi’s Grief: A Philosophical Guide as a reader. I loved the book so… Read More »A Philosopher’s Case for Grieving — What Loss Does to the Self | Michael Cholbi & Imi Lo
Sensory Sensitivity, Neuroplasticity, and Learning to Trust Yourself | Joey Remenyi
In this episode I sit down with Joey Remenyi, a vestibular audiologist, neuroplasticity therapist, and author of Sensing Ground and Rock Steady. Joey trained clinically… Read More »Sensory Sensitivity, Neuroplasticity, and Learning to Trust Yourself | Joey Remenyi
Healing Beyond Intellectualizing and the Body Shadow – with Jungian Analyst Erica Lorentz
This month, I also had the pleasure of sitting down with Jungian analyst Erica Lorentz to discuss her new work, Body is Shadow: Jung’s Method of Embodied… Read More »Healing Beyond Intellectualizing and the Body Shadow – with Jungian Analyst Erica Lorentz
On Productivity Guilt, Play, and the Adults Who Never Learned to Rest – Nadja Rolli
Many highly intelligent, analytically sharp people are uncomfortable with the idea of play. The word itself can feel faintly embarrassing, often associated with ‘wasting… Read More »On Productivity Guilt, Play, and the Adults Who Never Learned to Rest – Nadja Rolli
Dependency and Denial – with Joe Pawson
In this episode, I speak with integrative psychotherapist Joseph Pawson to explore the territory of his forthcoming book, Dependency and Denial, which examines… Read More »Dependency and Denial – with Joe Pawson