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Joshua van Asakinda |
Consulting Psychologist
MA Psy, American Military University BS Psy / Phil (minor), University of Pittsburgh Founder of TRIBE & TRIBE: I/O Executive Advisor at Platonic Systems Joshua van Asakinda was born 22 September, 1979 near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He holds a master's degree from American Military University, and a bachelor's degree from the University of Pittsburgh, where he studied psychology and philosophy. During that time, he began developing his “heroic theory” of psychology, and has self-published a number of books, including Slay the Maiden and Stranging the Beautiful Noise. As a master-level consulting psychologist, he specializes in male, trauma, and leadership psychology. He works primarily with young men in the tech sector concerned with success and self-realization; he is also the founder of TRIBE & TRIBE: I/O, and Executive Advisor to Platonic Systems Limited. Finally, he is a Buddhist, and First of the Zenshida’i, creator of Cimande Pencak Silat-Serak dari Zenshida'i.
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All services provided by Joshua van Asakinda are rooted in his “heroic theory” of psychology, which includes principles of self-realization, radical truth, personal responsibility, and the strategic application of tribal-psychological theory.
Our services take a variety of forms, including:
Our services take a variety of forms, including:
- Mentorship
- Psychological consultation
- Problem-solving tactics / strategies
- Leadership skills training & development
Paradigm Shift
A problem cannot be solved without understanding it correctly. In the early years of psychology, the field was understood as a hard science, and the majority of its founding fathers were indeed scientists (Freud, for example, was a neurologist, and Jung studied medicine as well as psychiatry). By the 1960s, however, this hard science orientation fell out of favor as psychology began to be influenced- like the vast majority of the West- by feminist ideologies that had little grounding in research. Clearly, hard science practitioners did not simply vanish; however, they ceased to define the general trajectory of the field, and thus had little impact on the evolution of modern psychological theory. In fact, females- many of them strongly influenced by Marxism and similar utopian / revolutionary ideologies, whether they themselves were aware of the influence of those ideologies upon the field or not- continue to constitute the majority of students, academics, and practitioners in the field even today.
Generations later, we as a society are still suffering the downstream consequences of this paradigm shift: Traditional family structures have disintegrated in much of mainstream America; young men have been left abandoned and disillusioned; young women have been indoctrinated to hold their potential partners (young men) in contempt; sex, drug, and alcohol addictions have run rampant; rates of psychiatric disorders have skyrocketed; entire generations of young people have found that their capacity to form normal, natural relationships with members of both sexes has suffered horrific maldevelopment. These problems cannot be solved within the current paradigm. Indeed, the current paradigm is itself the problem; its ideological foundation is counter-factual, and in no way intersects with a faithful representation of human behavior. Why might this be? Because the root of the modern psychological paradigm is essentially political rather than psychological, and so it begins with political presuppositions, and concludes in real-world psycho-social catastrophe.
It is a Pied Piper theory of psychology, and it has led our children to destruction.
Generations later, we as a society are still suffering the downstream consequences of this paradigm shift: Traditional family structures have disintegrated in much of mainstream America; young men have been left abandoned and disillusioned; young women have been indoctrinated to hold their potential partners (young men) in contempt; sex, drug, and alcohol addictions have run rampant; rates of psychiatric disorders have skyrocketed; entire generations of young people have found that their capacity to form normal, natural relationships with members of both sexes has suffered horrific maldevelopment. These problems cannot be solved within the current paradigm. Indeed, the current paradigm is itself the problem; its ideological foundation is counter-factual, and in no way intersects with a faithful representation of human behavior. Why might this be? Because the root of the modern psychological paradigm is essentially political rather than psychological, and so it begins with political presuppositions, and concludes in real-world psycho-social catastrophe.
It is a Pied Piper theory of psychology, and it has led our children to destruction.
Primary Dysfunction
Joshua van Asakinda has recognized the fundamental falsity of the modern psychological paradigm- that it externalizes the cause of change from the self to society (a basic principle of Marxism) so that the locus of power is no longer within the self. We become powerless; we become victims rather than victors, and oppressed by the world. And so then we think, "Why bother?" This renders us apathetic, and thus, psychologically powerless- that is, powerless not due to real powerlessness but rather to a false and imagined powerlessness.
For this reason, the vast majority of our difficulties have little to do with the external world and everything to do with our own internal world. These difficulties generally pertain to one of four primary dysfunctions:
For this reason, the vast majority of our difficulties have little to do with the external world and everything to do with our own internal world. These difficulties generally pertain to one of four primary dysfunctions:
- We have not clarified our purpose (a question of why);
- We have not developed the skill-sets necessary (a question of mastery);
- We have not strategized a path to that purpose (a question of strategy);
- We have not surrounded ourselves with the right partners for realizing our vision (a question of community).
These can occur at either the personal level or the professional level; both individuals and organizations suffer from these four primary dysfunctions. In order to achieve success, we must first resolve these underlying issues, and in order to resolve these underlying issues, we must first have a real, solid understanding of human psychology. And yet this is precisely where most systems fail: Most systems for personal and professional development rely more on pop-psychological soundbites than on sound evolutionary-psychological theory. This is why Joshua van Asakinda- a master-level psychological consultant- has grounded his work firmly in cutting-edge research, but also in the generational wisdom of classical traditions from throughout history, and recalls the work of Carl Jung, Simon Sinek, Joseph Campbell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Tsunetomo Yamamoto.
Why We Succeed
(Where Others Fail)
We address the root problem of psychological dysfunction, which is our relationship with our own power as determined by our own nature- and only then within the context of society and interpersonal relationships. In order to accomplish this, we must first know ourselves; only then can we hope to do or to learn anything at all about the world around us. The self and the power of the self to affect meaningful change in our own lives must always be the primary concern, for the moment that this consideration is made subordinate to "injustice" or to "society" or to "capitalism"- or to whatever else one might imagine the enemy / oppressor to be-, the self becomes the slave. To be clear, the self is not by default enslaved to the world; however, the self does become enslaved to the world when its agency has been ignored by falsely empowering some imaginary enemy.
The modern psychological paradigm- rooted as it is in the Marxist obsession with social power structures- disempowers the self at the level of the individual, and is thus the path to psychological slavishness (whether or not this was Marx' intention is up for debate; whether or not this is the practical result of his theory, however, is most decidedly not). From psychological slavishness, of course, it is a short step to the establishment of real, physical, unimagined slavery. Fortunately, there is always a path out of the darkness- and that path is simply the reverse of the path that has led us to where we are (as stated by Heraclitus, "The way up and the way down are the same."): Instead of the path of slavery, we must return to the path of radical and unabashed self-mastery.
The modern psychological paradigm- rooted as it is in the Marxist obsession with social power structures- disempowers the self at the level of the individual, and is thus the path to psychological slavishness (whether or not this was Marx' intention is up for debate; whether or not this is the practical result of his theory, however, is most decidedly not). From psychological slavishness, of course, it is a short step to the establishment of real, physical, unimagined slavery. Fortunately, there is always a path out of the darkness- and that path is simply the reverse of the path that has led us to where we are (as stated by Heraclitus, "The way up and the way down are the same."): Instead of the path of slavery, we must return to the path of radical and unabashed self-mastery.
"Self-knowledge is the beginning of wisdom."
~ Joshua van Asakinda
Testimonials
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Nick Van den Broeck
Technical Lead at Platonic Systems Limited “Joshua has helped me to accelerate the process of self-understanding, of building my identity, and of discovering meaning for myself. He is a mentor to me, a rock to rely upon (who sometimes helps me to make wiser decisions), and he has opened my mind up to new parts of life in order to become a more multi-dimensional human being.”
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Self-published Works
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