How to choose a therapist: Ask if they accept the thousands of behavior genetics studies showing that every psychological trait is heritable, and that almost none are significantly influenced by shared family environment ('childhood experience'). If they don't, keep looking.
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Where’s the best place to start digging into that research and get a good overview?
'The blank slate' by @sapinker is great, but fairly long.
Unfortunately there are very few good pop science books on behavior genetics -- it's a rather taboo topic.
Actually the wiki entry is pretty good: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioural_genetics …
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Interesting Wikipedia, thanks. Book ordered. What implications does this have for treatment?
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@primalpoly have you read, “It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes who we are and how to End the Cycle” by Mark Wolynn? I was wondering what your thoughts were. The idea is both comforting and disconcerting, to think we inherit most of who we areThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@RobertPlomin has one coming out soon no ?
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