Psychotherapy
My background, education and writing about the psyche.
Psychology · Technology · Leadership
Teodor Terziev
I am a professional with a deep passion for psychotherapy and team management, dedicated to understanding human behavior and helping others achieve personal growth and well-being.
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Areas of work
Psychology and technology, viewed as human systems
Software development
Two decades in software engineering and technical leadership.
Entrepreneurship
Experiments in proptech, healthtech and product development.
Latest writing
Articles
30 Aug 2026
Primary and Secondary Psychic Processes: Two Modes of Mental Functioning
Freud’s distinction between primary and secondary psychic processes—from displacement, condensation, dreams and humour to logic, reality and the work of the Ego.
29 Aug 2026
Primal Fantasies: Freud’s Theory of Inherited Psychic Schemas
Freud’s concept of primal fantasies: inherited childhood schemas involving seduction, the primal scene, sexual difference and the cloacal theory.
29 Aug 2026
Hysteria: Psychic Conflict on the Stage of the Body
A psychoanalytic view of hysteria—from the ancient idea of the ‘wandering womb’ to conversion, phobia, repression and transference.
23 Aug 2026
How I Built an Automated Financial Analysis Pipeline with Lunch Money, iOS Shortcuts, Google Sheets, and ChatGPT
A complete step-by-step guide to fast transaction entry with iOS Shortcuts, the Lunch Money v2 API, a Google Apps Script cloud sync, a Google Sheets mirror, and weekly ChatGPT analysis deliv
23 Aug 2026
How I Built a Fully Automated AI Health Report from Apple Health: Step-by-Step
A complete implementation guide to exporting Apple Health data with Health Auto Export and Shortcuts, isolating it in Google Drive, and generating a reliable cloud-scheduled AI morning repor
3 Jan 2026
How the Psyche Protects Us from Ourselves
One of the most elegant paradoxes of psychoanalysis is that the psyche does not primarily strive for truth, but for