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Perception: Changing Our Reality
Yesterday, I played the waiting game to get out of the airport parking lot. In the big picture, everyone had the same intention. But, even as drivers barked insults at each other, attached ... Read More
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Family Roles in Addiction Recovery I: The Hero and the Scapegoat
Sometimes the hardest thing about getting sober is…getting sober—or rather, what “sober” means to the person in regard to their family. This is especially true for members of alcoholic ... Read More
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Spirituality and Therapy: Opening the Portal With Prayer
Over the past decade, as I began to practice spiritual psychotherapy as well as more traditional psychotherapy, I have worked with a number of people who have expressed difficulties with ... Read More
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Porn and Relationships: How Portability Complicates Things
In my first blog post last month I wrote about my work as a sex therapist, and how “talking about sex” can help us to heal memories and repair and strengthen relationships. Many of ... Read More
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An Introduction to Holistic Psychotherapy
Holistic psychotherapists use techniques from many disciplines, not just psychology, to mobilize people’s innate abilities to heal themselves. Conceptually, what differentiates holistic ... Read More
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Somatic Psychology: Brain Development Informs Therapeutic Approach
It is an exciting time in the world of somatic psychology! Over the past 15 years, or so, our field has grown to find itself positioned on the cutting edge of many leading developments ... Read More
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Healing from Trauma, Part III: Moving Out from the Shadow of Trauma
This article is the third installment of a three-part series. The first two articles are Healing from Trauma: Why Can’t I Just Forget About It? and Healing from Trauma: Now that I’m ... Read More
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Labels and the Therapeutic Relationship
Before we go further into the theory underlying Core Energetics, Core Evolution, and other body-psychotherapies, I want to discuss the therapeutic relationship. This is a subject I feel ... Read More
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New Year’s Resolutions: Finding the Message Behind the Motivation
New Year’s resolutions can be expressions of hope. They convey a commitment to a change of action, attitude, or behavior. Yet resolutions are often singular accounts that hold messages ... Read More
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Demonstrating Understanding: Naming Your Child’s Feelings
When someone understands us, we really appreciate it. It makes us feel positively toward our listener, even close. It gives us a chance to clarify our own thoughts and feelings as the other ... Read More
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Panic Attack? Get the Facts!
“I felt like I was going to pass out!” “I felt like I was going crazy!” “I thought I was having a heart attack!” This is how people frequently describe ... Read More
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The First Steps to Divorce
Many of you have been in the position of either deciding to divorce or having been asked for a divorce. Either way, you will be making important emotional, legal, and financial decisions ... 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 ... 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
When most of us think about folks going to therapy for mental health, we think about adults — people struggling with substance abuse, domestic violence ... 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
