The Key Ingredients to Good Psychological Therapy
This blog describes the nine key ingredients that go into effective psychotherapy.read more
View ArticleHappiness With Life 2: Practice Perspective
Life is full of frustrations, disappointments, and adversities. But, happiness busting depression, anxiety, and bitterness do not result from these hardships, but rather from the catastrophizing we do...
View ArticleDoes Your Boss Suffer From Hubris Syndrome?
We need to be able to help leaders in organizations stay grounded, realisitc and avoid the trap of hubris.read more
View ArticleTrauma is Like a Horror Movie
If you’re in a horror movie and you act accordingly, your life is likely to remain a horror movie.read more
View ArticleThe Little Fix that Goes All the Way
Sharing feelings with a trusted person is the simplest way to heal difficult emotions. New understanding shows that the same process does the heavy lifting in psychotherapy as well.read more
View ArticleHow to Stop Blaming Others—and Be Free and Powerful!
Blame can be defined as holding others responsible for our misfortunes. it may seem easy and convenient to blame others for our unhappiness, but in the long run we lose out. Here's how to let go of...
View ArticleLiving Between Three and Seven
This simple numerical scale helps put feelings in perspective, and illustrates how cognitive and dynamic approaches can complement one another in therapy.read more
View ArticleAre You a Workaholic? If So, This Skill May Be Your Strength
Whether 'olics love or feel bad about what they too much of, they're great at ...read more
View ArticleFighting Addiction with Technology
New technologies are bringing existing addiction treatment strategies into the 21st century.read more
View ArticleWhy Boosting Your Self-Esteem Will Improve Your Relationship
If you improve your self-esteem will your partner be happier too? Read on to find out.read more
View ArticleMarijuana for Alzheimer’s Disease
Proof that smoking marijuana can slow the advance of Alzheimer’s disease has not previously existed. The evidence has been quite circumstantial and often seemed rather secondary to the known actions of...
View ArticleWhy Making a Decision Can Be so Difficult
Why Making a Decision Can Be So Difficult. You might be trying to stop the clock. By David Braucher, L.C.S.W., Ph.D.read more
View ArticleThey Live in My Heart
Diane carries the message of her therapy group in her heart as she tackles the seemingly overwhelming task of helping an alcoholic brother. Relationships have the power to increase courage to do the...
View ArticleBefore the Veteran, Before the Pain
And the weekly supermarket ad encouraged me to remember our vets in print just a font size or two larger than the words “serving suggestion” under the adjacent photo of a garnished rib-eye steak—for...
View ArticleMy Alcoholic Evening
Drinking is like any other behavior; its meaning can be understood only in relation to its function.read more
View ArticleSelf-Mutilation, Eating Disorders, and Suicide
Using attachment theory to explain how addictive connections to pain and suffering develop, I discuss various kinds and functions of self-harm behavior. From eating disorders to self- mutilation and...
View ArticlePositivese, Negativese, and Neutralese
One can't be a clear thinker until one recognizes clear thinking's biggest distraction, the need to feel right and righteous. To think well we have to get over ourselves. We do this most effectively by...
View ArticleWhat Is Normative Male Alexithymia?
A strong masculine identity is often associated with difficulty expressing deeper feelings, especially feelings associated with vulnerability and dependency needs. Here I share how this can show up in...
View ArticlePhotoTherapy
In an age where "selfies" are taken anywhere and posted everywhere on the internet, do the pictures really mean anything? Is it pure narcissism or is there a deeper meaning to the pictures you or I...
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