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This Year Stuff the Turkey, Not the Guests
As the holiday season shifts into high gear, here’s a plea for a different kind of moderation: let’s all hear it (softly please) for moderate hosting. Moderate hosting means fighting ... Read More
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How to Get a Man to go to Therapy
Your husband drinks more, laughs less, and has lost interest in hobbies and sports. He’s on edge and irritable; he yells at you and the kids. Or maybe your boyfriend constantly checks ... Read More
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“Good Boundaries” – CE Event Presented by Cedar Barstow, MEd
Dear Members and Visitors to GoodTherapy.org, Today a virtual gathering of over 100 GoodTherapy.org members enjoyed the fifth teleconference in our Fall Teleconference Series: Good Boundaries: ... Read More
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Intuition: Getting in Touch with Your Inner Guide
You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself. – Alan Alda I got ... Read More
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Exploring Professional Boundaries for Therapists
“The task is to recognize our interdependence, honor boundaries and differences, and remember connectedness.” —Dyrian Benz “Find the optimum closeness/distance to enable you to ... Read More
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Ready, Steady, Play!
“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.” – C.S. Lewis After my childhood, then teenage years, my ... Read More
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Dusty Miller, EdD, Presents ‘Addictions, Compulsions, and Self-Sabotage’
Dear members and visitors to GoodTherapy.org, Today the GoodTherapy.org team and many members enjoyed the third event in our fall teleconference series, “Addictions, Compulsions, ... Read More
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Psychology of Voting: Why Do We Vote the Way We Do?
People don’t generally want to look at how politics and psychology are joined. But if we don’t, we will miss the seam that allows us to utilize what is happening in our world ... Read More
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The Myths of Therapy
“So, what do you do for a living?” The inevitable question asked at any social gathering. Though typically an innocuous question, I find myself dreading it. This is probably due to ... Read More
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Menopause and Alcohol Abuse
Over the past decade research has found that, for many women, the onset of alcohol abuse coincides with changes in hormone levels—changes that many women are unaware of in the early ... Read More
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When Yelling is a Pattern
Yelling is a topic that has meaning for everyone. All of us have raised our voices, probably more than once. No, I did not come from a home of screaming parents or siblings. However, I ... Read More
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The Internal Storm
“You can outdistance that which is running after you, but you cannot outdistance that which is running inside you.” -African Proverb My soul thirsted for down time, as if it was parched ... 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