Most of us would agree that therapy is effective when a therapist helps a person address, deal with, and eventually heal from powerful emotional wounds. In my last two blogs, I invited readers to consider the symptoms that indicate someone might benefit from therapy along with the many different forms of therapy out there. Let’s […]
How to Find Which Type of Therapy is Right for You
In my last blog, I invited readers to consider if they or someone they knew might benefit from therapy. If therapy seems to be indicated, the next step would be to decide what type would be most helpful. There are many types of therapy, depending on specific needs. Medical News Today lists 14 types and […]
How do You Know if You Would Benefit from Therapy?
Some of you reading this blog have already experienced therapy in one form or another. Others of you may have wondered if it is something you should consider. I thought it might be helpful to provide you with some information and possible insights about therapy in this and in the next few blogs I write. […]
Guns and Youth Are Not a Good Combination
As we are watching the varied news reports about mass shootings that are so prevalent, I know many of us are struggling to find an explanation and answers. At best all that surrounds this set of issues is very complex. The arguments are numerous including our second amendment rights, gun legislation, mental health program expansion, […]
How Are You at Significant Relationships?
Neuroscience research tells us we are social animals. Our relationships nurture and even sustain our lives. They provide comfort, meaning, motivation to connect, share, enjoy and with a few very special relationships, to experience deep love. When people have few or even no significant relationships, they can be extremely depressed, withdrawn, unmotivated, their physical as […]
The Process of Falling Out of Love
In my last two blogs I invited my readers to consider some of the properties and principles of love, especially how the pandemic has impacted our experiences of love given all the many anxieties and stresses we’ve been experiencing. We have needed to feel loved and be able to give love more than ever during […]
Reflections about Love Attributed to Einstein
Recently a friend shared an article entitled Einstein Letter to His Daughter on the Universal Force of Love. The article is very touching and one I think readers might enjoy too. And this sparked for me many questions about love: what is it, when and how is it experienced, why do we crave being in […]
Why We Need to Make Mistakes
Can you recall a recent mistake you made? How did it make you feel? Guilty? Incompetent? Ashamed? I have a very dear friend who struggled after he hired someone for a job in his newly-formed organization and discovered within the first two weeks that this person was not meeting expectations and clearly was not somebody […]
The Fundamental Need for a “You Matter” Message
Most of us continue to be acutely aware of how this ongoing pandemic is impacting us emotionally and relationally. We can feel discouraged, frustrated, and disappointed that we haven’t yet come to the end of it, with no end in sight. We can feel depressed and unmotivated. Relationally, while we do have the ability to […]
Dealing with Disappointment
As we say goodbye to 2021, we can reflect on what we celebrated about the holidays and also what disappointed us. For some, especially children, they had hopes and wishes to receive certain gifts that parents may not have been able to afford or felt were inappropriate or unnecessary. Knowing how some children are often […]
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