ARE YOU PERFECT?

The title of today’s newsletter, obviously, must be a rhetorical question.  Everyone knows that there is no such thing as perfection.  There are no perfect people, situations, or…. relationships.   We know this.  Or do we? The psychologist,...

WHY?

Rise up and tackle the issue with enthusiasm! Since the advent of the counseling profession, therapists have been interested and fascinated by the “why”question.  Similarly, their clients were puzzled, and perhaps even plagued, by their own self-defeating...

DISMISSIVENESS: WHAT IS IT?

Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Dismissiveness:  choosing to dismiss or reject someone or something; having or showing a disdainful attitude toward someone or something regarded as...

MOM OR DAD? LOOK AT THAT METAPHORICAL MIRROR

Children don’t need perfect paents; they need happy parents. Sigmund Freud is generally labelled as “the father of modern psychology.”  While very few counseling practitioners follow his theories and methods closely, he certainly raised our collective...

TWO SIDES TO PTSD

“Trauma creates change you don’t choose. Healing is about creating change you do choose.” –Michelle Rosenthal For a long time, I have been working with a young, retired US Army enlisted man.   My client served in Iraq, and his experiences overseas continue...