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Infidelity: Consequences of Punishing the Offending Partner
In this article I want to focus on one particular aspect of recovering from an affair: punishing the offending partner. I am frequently asked, “How long is this pain going to last?!” ... Read More
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Is Tax Season Taxing Your Marriage? Three Tips to Help
Do you and your spouse fight when you do your income taxes? Do you dread going over your expenses and income each year, and so, put it off until April 14? Do you brace yourself against ... Read More
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Family Roles in Addiction Recovery, Part III: The Lost Child
The final alcoholic family role I’d like to discuss in the context of recovery is the lost child. This is the child who stays under the radar, invisible, quietly decamping to his/her ... Read More
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Sibling Abuse: Children Abusing Other Children
Even though there can be life long debilitating psychological effects, sibling abuse may be the most ignored—if not accepted—form of domestic abuse (i.e. sexual, physical, ... Read More
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Caring and Treatment Happen Before the First Session
In my first interpersonal neurobiology (IPNB) article two months ago, I went into detail about the significance of starting therapy with our advertising and our first phone contact, email, ... Read More
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Five Tips for Dating Couples
Have you found someone that maybe could be the one for you? Do you wonder how to make your new relationship the best it can be? Are you spending time debating what to do with your worries ... Read More
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Character and Destiny: What Can We Change?
John Lahr, writer for the New Yorker, wrote a profile of the playwright and actor Sam Shepard (February 8, 2010). I came across a section of the article that struck me deeply. Discussing ... Read More
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Hypersexuality Disorder or Sex Addiction?
While Tiger Woods’s sexual experiences have ended up all over the news, the psychiatric task force charged with creating the next edition of the “bible” for counselors and psychotherapists, ... Read More
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Understanding the Physical Impact of Extreme Stress
People who have been exposed to a traumatic experience know all too well that severe stress has a significant impact on the body. Unfortunately, many people do not know that this physical ... Read More
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Don’t Believe Everything You Think: Embodying Buddha Nature
My favorite bumper sticker says, “Don’t believe everything you think.” We are such experts in how horrible we are, what losers we are, how much we should suffer. We can tell ... Read More
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Mirror, Mirror: Three Ways to be the Fairest of All…To Yourself
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week occurs this month, and it is a necessary reminder of the role body image plays in women’s self-esteem. While women with clinical eating disorders, ... Read More
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Psychodrama: An Introduction
I have been incorporating psychodrama into my therapy sessions for the past twenty-one years. I utilize it primarily in group sessions but there are some helpful applications in individual ... Read More
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Geriatric Psychotherapy: A Growing Need
Geriatric Psychotherapy: A Growing Need Thanks to active lifestyles, healthier diets, exercise, and advances in medicine and healthcare, Americans are ... Read More
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Recovering from a Traumatic Birth
Dealing with the Trauma of Giving Birth For many new mothers, giving birth is one of the most exciting times in life. After all, you’re bringing a ... Read More
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Wisdom for Working with Elder Therapy Clients
by Nicole Urdang, MS, NCC, DHM, Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Buffalo, NY Wisdom for Working with Elder Therapy Clients While it is true that people ... Read More
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Taking Care of Children’s Mental Health
Taking Care of Children’s Mental Health When most of us think about folks going to therapy for mental health, we think about adults — people struggling ... Read More
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Dr. Aaron T. Beck: The Father of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Dr. Aaron T. Beck: The Father of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy On Monday, Nov. 1, the world lost an incredible psychiatrist when Dr. Aaron T. Beck, ... Read More
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How Do I Deal with Loneliness?
My life is a sad state of affairs. I have no real friends to speak of, just my cat Lula. Even she doesn't like me very much. I can't work because ... Read More
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What's the Best Way to Break Up?
I have been with my boyfriend for over a year now and I don't see a future together. It was fun for a while, but now it feels stale and unexciting. ... Read More
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Help! I Think I'm Addicted to Video Games
I work. I eat and drink. I play video games. I sleep. Then I repeat. Every. Single. Day. Three of these things are necessities, but the ... Read More
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Help! My Therapist Ended Her Practice and I Don't Know What to Do
I had been seeing my therapist for 28 years. Around March, she was unwell. This was a rare occurrence in our time together. But her viral infection ... Read More
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Help! I Have No One to Talk To
Ever since my dad died last year, I have had no one to talk to. And really, I had no one to talk to for the last three years of his life, ravaged ... Read More