by rulamo | Nov 29, 2020 | Psychodynamic Therapy, Therapy
I always liked the saying “The illness is the cure”. Why? Because in the area of mental health, it alerts us to something profoundly insightful about the nature of the psychological and emotional problems most people struggle with. Whether we feel depressed, have...
by rulamo | Nov 29, 2020 | Depression, Psychodynamic Therapy
In my many years of experience as a psychologist and a psychotherapist, I have seen exceptionally few clients for whom depression was simply a disorder of the brain. In the vast majority of cases, once a person begins to examine their feelings and their life more...
by rulamo | Nov 29, 2020 | Emotion-Focused Therapy
One of the most frequent objections I hear as a therapist, is the objection by clients who don’t see what the point is of re-experiencing unpleasant memories and emotions from the past. “How is feeling sad going to help me?” they ask. Or: “How...
by rulamo | Nov 29, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression
Questions You Should Ask Yourself about Psychiatric Drugs: Psychiatry is in fashion these days. Increasingly people are choosing to “pop a pill” to rid themselves of their depression or their anxiety. Statistics show that every 10th adult in the United...
by rulamo | Nov 29, 2020 | Depression, Psychological Issues, Shame
You won’t find “disorders of shame” as a category in the DSM-5 (the official American catalogue over mental health diagnoses), and yet shame is probably the biggest single cause of most of our psychological problems. Shame is often the secret engine that get us...
