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  Legends, Lies, & Rewritten Lives: After the Little Bighorn: Forgotten Struggles of Those Who Walked Away, 2nd Edition

  Thomas B. Davidson

  This Story surrounds an event that occurred one summer on June 25, 1876, along the banks of the Little Bighorn River in what is now the state of Montana. Seen from a 21st century perch, it is a story of a collision between two very different civilizations or empires. Both empire’s military fought in the manner of their society. This narrative will attempt to balance the believable truth of what happened in that contest between the military representatives of both societies while also trying to tell an engaging story, without drifting into naked partisanship, purple prose, or sensationalism. The narrative will go beyond a focus on the meanings the event had for the soldiers by first exploring the event’s meaning for the Anglo nation. This story will examine the context the event occurred in and the factors behind what happened. This story will include this author’s view of why the battle happened or evolved as it did. Though the author’s opinion is based on reviewing much of the literature about the Little Bighorn, at the end of the day it remains one person’s conclusion. We will then proceed to briefly explore differences in narrative and material accounts regarding what happened then look at two important factors, one of them new, about a unit’s tactical stability or confidence or morale. Next, our story’s main emphasis will shift to what occurred for many of those involved during the clash and in the aftermath of the battle and identify what was likely registered back then but is understood today as reflecting a traumatic condition.

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  Legends, Lies, & Rewritten Lives: After the Little Bighorn: Forgotten Struggles of Those Who Walked Away

  Thomas B. Davidson

  This Narrative is about an event that occurred on June 25, 1876, on the banks of the Little Bighorn River in what is now the state of Montana. Seen from a 21st century perch, it tells a story of a contest between the armed representatives of two different civilizations, each of which fought in the manner of its society. The narrative will attempt to balance the truth of what happened while also relating an engaging story, but without drifting into sensationalism. The narrative will go beyond a focus on the meeting of the soldiers from either group to explore the event’s meaning for the nation. The story will discuss what happened and one authors view of the factors contributing to why. Yet the main emphasis will remain on what occurred in the aftermath to those involved.

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  Integrative Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Guidelines - Ground-Rules

  Thomas B. Davidson

  The audience range this manuscript is aimed toward includes entry level students and early career clinicians wanting to anchor themselves in a certain wide lens or big-picture outlook about psychotherapy. This manuscript will also suggest the opportunity for early career clinicians to spruce up or sharpen their conceptual and treatment skills. In addition, an invitation will be offered for seasoned clinicians to re-think once more about the anchor points in their clinical approaches. Accordingly, this document aims not only toward young developing clinical students and early career clinicians but also other clinicians wanting to explore and develop a timely, level-headed foundational platform for conducting Integrative relational Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.

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  A Condensed History of Modern Psychology

  Thomas B. Davidson

  The pedagogical technique of comparing and contrasting two conflicting points of view is common within the discipline of history as well as in many other academic contexts, including Psychology. This comparison of two viewpoints, as if there were really only two, simplifies and creates a binary that is easily grasped. The listeners exposed to such a binary presentation simply adopt a single, streamlined view and marshal arguments for that chosen side. This pedagogical approach usually surfaces the underlying contradictory tensions in the area to be examined. This allows for an exploration of the dissimilar or contrasting assumptions. Usually these two disparate positions represent extremes at either end of a continuum of view, usually the extreme pole along that continuum. This strategy will appear throughout our tour of Psychology’s history. Yet we will try to acknowledge in advance that various prominent views are privileged for various reasons. Truth be known, the field of Psychology actually expresses a plurality of perspectives. It is the position of this manuscript that this very plurality has to do with the notion of development itself and as Psychology has matured, it not only has reflected the changing historical constituencies, the field and its contents have become far more seasoned and increasingly diverse. These different constituencies have reflected the historical tensions within the field at the time they were developed.