Psychotherapy Is Much Simpler Than You Might Think
The process by which psychotherapy works is made too complicated. 2 researchers, Joseph Weiss and Harold Sampson, have published research over 50 years, arguing persuasively that people suffer from...
View ArticleHumanistic Theory and Therapy, Applied to Psychosis
The reality within the experience of schizophrenia is removed from the understanding of most psychotherapists. This article contends that humanistic theory and therapy can mitigate stigma and allow the...
View ArticleHow to Spot and Deal with Passive-Aggressive People
The NYU Medical Center defines a passive-aggressive individual as someone who "may appear to comply or act appropriately, but actually behaves negatively and passively resists." Passive- aggressive...
View ArticleThe Art, the Science, the Wisdom of Psychotherapy – I
Psychotherapy responsively addresses the cause of suffering and symptoms in exactly the way they were constructed in the first place. Through boundaries and emotional holding, it allows for the...
View ArticleConsciousness Explained
Hearing, seeing, and smelling are not transcendental activities, and there is nothing in so-called consciousness besides hearing, seeing, and smelling (and tasting and feeling).read more
View ArticleWhat Can We Learn From the Wizard of Oz?
Like the tin man, the scarecrow, and the lion who thought that the Wizard had all the answers to their problems, too often we look to others to provide the solutions to our difficulties when the...
View ArticleHow We Learn to Lie
Everyone has lied at some point in their life. In fact, it's an important part of early child development. Yet most of us give it up. Do you know someone who lies too easily? Here's an insight into...
View ArticleSexual Gifts for Our Patients
Each year we give our patients many gifts. Here are the sexual gifts my patients most appreciated in 2013. read more
View ArticleIn Sickness and In Health
A new meta-analytic study published in Psychological Bulletin examined 126 research studies published over the past 50 years looking at the relationship between marital relationship and physical...
View ArticleA Do a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Recent medical research shows the importance of simple behavior changes for health and well-being. One change may have real benefits.read more
View ArticleJane Hirshfield: Why Write Poetry?
"Poetry is a trick of language-legerdemain, in which the writer is both magician and audience. You reach your hand into the hat and surprise yourself with rabbit or memory, with odd verb or slant rhyme...
View ArticleGuilt = Good, Shame = Bad
The truly sad part of shame is that shame-based people are, at best, likely to have less rich, less rewarding, and less interpersonally meaningful lives than they’d like. And at worst they become mired...
View ArticleTaking Flight: Art Therapy Research in Prison Part 2
Building upon the success of the pilot study that examined the effectiveness of art therapy with a prison population, this post summarizes and provides access to the follow up study.read more
View ArticleParenting is a Zero Sum Game
“The old ball and chain” is your child, not your spouse.read more
View ArticleUltimate Disclosure: The Year After, A Memoir
A psychoanalyst goes all the way with telling all.read more
View ArticleIt's all in your head - or is it?
One of the most common forms of knee surgery in the United States is no more effective than a placebo treatment.read more
View ArticleHeidegger and Contemporary Psychoanalysis
My aim is to show how Heidegger's existential philosophy enriches contemporary psychoanalysis and how contemporary psychoanalysis enriches Heidegger's existential philosophy.read more
View ArticleManhattan Transference # 2
What happens to the therapist when something feels funny?read more
View ArticleHow to Improve the Sound of Your Voice
Do you like the sound of your voice? Does your tone of voice benefit or hurt you in your life? Would you like to access your strongest and most attractive sounding voice? Here are a few...
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