Physician, Heal Thyself!
Get a psychologist's-eye view of what it's like for an anger management specialist to manage his own anger in an anecdote from my own anger journal...read more
View ArticleWhy I Learned to Meditate: An Excerpt
In this excerpt from Parenting in the Present Moment, I share how I (reluctantly) decided to attend a class in mindfulness-based stress reduction. That class changed my life, and my parenting.read more
View ArticleTerminating a Counseling Relationship
Sample parting words for counselors and clients unhappy with the relationship.read more
View ArticleSilver Linings Sketchbook
Guest blogger, Nicole Barash, builds upon the previous post, expanding our views and understanding of offering art therapy to forensic mental health patients. Against expectations, Ms. Barash...
View Article8 Sex Tips for the Long Haul
Regular sex with your life partner is a picnic and a brass band. You don’t really need the fireworks, too.read more
View ArticleHow to Negotiate with Difficult and Aggressive People
Do you deal with aggressive, intimidating, or controlling people at work or in your personal life? With astute approach and intelligent communication, you may turn aggression into cooperation, and...
View ArticleThe Power of Marital Love
Join Clem and Marie in the psychotherapy that helped them transform their marriage from dangerously near divorce to passionate and deeply meaningful. Learn the educational and therapeutic steps that...
View ArticleAre You Psychologically Savvy?
Avoid regret. Let this these 10 psychological understandings enhance your feelings of well-being and the quality of your relationships.read more
View ArticleArt as Therapy
Poetry, photography, and other forms of creative expressions should be encouraged within the therapeutic realm. If nothing else, we should at least be open to the myriad ways in which people find...
View ArticleThe Art of Mindfully Transforming Your Life
Twenty-five hundred years ago, one of the Buddha's insights were the four noble truths that helped people free themselves from the patterns of thinking and behaving that perpetuate their suffering....
View ArticleCurling up With a Good Book Can Be a Mood Booster
Read! it will give your brain a boost!read more
View ArticleShould We Keep Our Disabled Child?
All parents can use a reminder in the middle of the night, while cleaning up bodily fluids and listening to howls, that they made the bed they are lying in.read more
View ArticleTouch Turns Existence Into Meaning
Join Dr Coche in a true life story of the near fatal "Widows' Maker" heart attack that husband John suffered in 2012! Learn how Dr Coche utilized the behavioral science research on touch to help John...
View ArticleThe Mental Health of Children: Part 1
Given the controversial nature of mental health labeling practices, isn't it time to completely reconsider the logic and legitimacy of current "mental disorders of childhood" categories?read more
View ArticlePrescriptions Without Meds for Anger, Depression and Anxiety
Much has been written of late of the downsides of psychotropic medications. Here's a set of alternatives to taking pills to combat anger, anxiety and depression, the Big Three of negative emotional...
View ArticleNobody Rocks Harder Than Rock Against Dystrophy
Music is a powerful tool that has been proven to connect people but also benefit physical and mental health. read more
View ArticleThe Use of Voice in Therapy
Finding my voice was the key to becoming a good therapist.read more
View ArticleThe Simple Truth about Anger
Suppressing angry feelings inevitably has destructive consequences. I postulate four major ill effects of bypassing the feeling of angry emotions. They are (1) developing psychosomatic symptoms; (2)...
View ArticleRecovery From 'Schizophrenia'
Schizophrenia comes in many forms and there is no one-size- fits-all way of recovering from it. Here is one man's inspiring journey from patient to therapist.read more
View ArticleThe Power of Dressing Up: Comicon NYC, Halloween, and BDSM
How does dressing up in a costume for Halloween bring a change in the erotic dynamic in oneself and with a partner once the lights go off in the bedroom? What kind of power do you fantasize about...
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