Painting with Lightning
Painting with Lightning is about lots of things. ADHD, trauma, creativity, addiction, therapy, psychology, meaning and relating.
It’s about trying to live well with the things you don’t want. Perhaps even learning to do something with the things you don’t want.
Why subscribe?
Every dollar I receive through Painting with Lightning will go towards funding independent psychotherapy research. My areas of experience and interest include suicide bereavement, sexual trauma, ADHD, addiction, and the use of AI in psychotherapy.
The research funding model isn’t working in a way that consistently prioritises valuable, practical knowledge. As a university-affiliated psychotherapist with a background in research, I have a number of studies I’d like to conduct and papers I would like to write. Unfortunately, there’s little funding available and fierce competition for grants.
I love research. I want to do more of it, and I think I’m good at it. Therefore, I’m going to use the money I make from writing here to fund independent research. This will cover the hours I spend away from my psychotherapy practice, as well as supervision, publishing fees, and other practical expenses.
I currently have abstracts completed for two projects:
A treatment development study to assist people bereaved by suicide.
An investigation into therapeutic support for sexual assault survivors who disclose to the police.
If you have personal experience of either subject, and you’re open to being interviewed for the purposes of research, please email me at skyesclera@gmail.com and I will keep your details on file.
Thank you for reading. Any support you can offer, from reading to liking to sharing to subscribing, is graciously accepted. I am both humbled and touched by the support I have received so far.
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