Divorce and Separation Anxiety
Divorce can make anyone anxious; even more so with children. Find out about Separation Anxiety and what you can do about it. read more
View ArticleFour Steps to Relationship Repair With The H-E-A-L Technique
Love relationships are not all sunsets and roses, but involve a complicated dance. When your relationship gets off track, repair it using the H-E-A-L technique. By Hearing concern, Empathizing, Acting...
View ArticleThe Internet: A Game Changer for Mental Health
The Internet is becoming a go-to resource for millions seeking mental health information. New media allows mental health professionals the unique opportunity to provide valuable resources to a larger...
View ArticleCounseling: Who Gets It? For What? Who Doesn't? Why Not?
Why, even more than physical health care, does mental health care go to so few of the folks who need it? Of those who do get help, what do they want the help for?read more
View ArticleTime is Money - Or is Time Perspective Money?
Does eating a marshmallow as a 4-year-old mean you’re destined for less success as an adult? Let's find out...read more
View ArticleThe Invisible Trauma of War-Affected Children
"When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers" - African proverb. With so much of our attention focused on veterans, it is sometimes easy to forget the suffering of children affected by war....
View ArticlePillow Talk
In June 1957, a book hit the shelves that quickly became the stuff of cocktail party chatter. As its title suggested, Robert Elliot Fitch argued in his "The Decline and Fall of Sex" that much of the...
View ArticleA Placental Prognosis for Autism
Only the imprinted brain theory explains how and why placental abnormalities mirror those in the brain that increase risk of autism and—contrariwise—psychosis. read more
View ArticleThe Paradox of Trauma
Intrusive thoughts following trauma may not always be pathological but the engine for posttraumatic growth if people can harness their repetitive thoughts in a deliberate and purposeful way. read more
View ArticleFrom Sandy Hook, to Boston, to The Jody Arias Trial
Are we all suffering now from PTSD? Post traumatic stress disorder is best understood as a normal reaction to an abnormal situation. It can be caused by life threatening events as well as emotionally...
View ArticleGuest House to Your Emotions
So many emotions occupy all of us each and every day that being fully aware of them can be a challenge – and certainly not always pleasant. However, emotional self-awareness also offers great benefits....
View ArticleAre You Falling Out of Love? A Quiz on 10 Warning Signs
Falling out of love has become the number one cause listed for divorce, at least according to a study in England. It's trumping even affairs and abuse in terms of frequency. The good news is that...
View ArticleMonthly Meditations to Invite Eroticism (May)
Contemplate core beliefs, rewire neural pathways, and invite erotic intimacy into your love life with these meditations excerpted from the upcoming companion book to "Erotic Intelligence".read more
View ArticleDoes Psychotherapy Aid the Elderly?
We learn or we die. And the elderly can learn very well.read more
View ArticleWhy "Retail Therapy" Works
New research shows that shopping actually can be "therapeutic."read more
View ArticleSituational Schizophrenia
Tragically, schizophrenia is often confused with psychological problems like severe anxiety or depression, that are understandable reactions to disturbing life situations like loneliness, isolation,...
View ArticleThe Impact of Parental Alienation on Parents
The key to engaging alienated parents is to validate their parental identity, and combine advocacy efforts with counseling focused on enhancing their role as active and responsible parents.read more
View ArticleWaiting for Therapeutic Theatre
A beginning discussion of the meaning of therapeutic theatre in drama therapy.read more
View ArticlePsychoanalysis in the Age of "Just Do It"
Human activity has three dimensions: thought, feeling, and action. The implication of “Just Do It” is that thought and feeling are to be ignored in favor of action. The Nike revolution deletes two of...
View ArticleNot Getting Clean: Its a Killer
Addiction can be fatal; we need a standard of care.read more
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