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Does Your Therapist See You as a Person or as a Patient?
Google defines the term “patient” as one who receives or is registered to receive medical treatment, and it lists the most common synonym for patient as “sick person,” with ... Read More
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How to Rediscover the Sacred Space Within Yourself
Most of us at some point have felt a deep longing to go home. This home for which we yearn is usually an inner state of being, rather than an actual physical place. We may feel a tug of ... Read More
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4 Tips for Healing Your Relationship after Your Affair
Infidelity is an issue in many relationships, and the causes are many. What started out as an innocent friendship may have became something more. Perhaps you had no intention of falling ... Read More
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5 Steps to Fostering Resilience in Your Child
As parents, we hear the word “resilience” all the time these days: “Children are resilient.” “We must help our children be resilient.” Most of us have ... Read More
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How to Fix Your Husband (or Yourself, at Least)
If I had a dollar for every time someone has come to me and asked me to fix their partner (or mother, or child, or boss), I would be a wealthy woman. I’d be richer still if I could actually ... Read More
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When Is It Time to Leave a Job?
Monday isn’t the best day of the week even for people who love their jobs. Also, those things that annoy you at work are probably everywhere, right? Almost every office comes with someone ... Read More
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Help! My Child Envies Other Kids and Refuses to Share
Thanks for your question. First of all, it is a very long way from a self-focused 7-year-old to the tragedy that occurred in California. The commonality you mention does not mean your son ... Read More
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Got 99 Problems? You’ve Got 4 Possible Solutions
In behavioral science, we break down everything into simple terms. People sometimes laugh in my office because, on paper (and in discussion), most behaviors seem easy. If your friend hates ... Read More
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Inspire Change in Your Life by Making One
Once upon a time, many years ago, in a kingdom called Freud, people believed insight led to change. Sometimes it did, though it often took four sessions a week for many years. These days, ... Read More
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Neediness Rocks, and Here’s Why
When we use the word “needy,” we are often describing someone who is feeling alone or vulnerable and putting their needs on the table. In our culture, “neediness” is a bad word ... Read More
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Can Your Sex Life Survive Having Children?
Many unhappy marriages have one thing in common: children. According to marital researchers at the Gottman Institute, in a study of 130 newlywed couples, two-thirds of new parents self-reported ... Read More
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7 Principles for Responsive Parenting
I have 5-year-old twin daughters. For the sake of privacy, I’ll call them Mary and Martha. Mary is sensitive, nurturing, deeply compassionate, and easily distracted. Martha is industrious ... Read More