When people come to therapy it is usually because they have identified some behavior, some feeling, or some aspect of their life which they find problematic and want to change. Yet psychotherapists have long known that clients usually resist the very changes which...
Gottman Method Couples Counseling is one of the most popular and contemporary approaches to couples counseling used by couples therapists today. What makes it so unique in the therapeutic landscape is that it is entirely based on research findings from couples...
This week, a story in Newsvalley, asked the question “Is talking disappearing from depression therapy?” The question followed the death of beloved actor, Robin Williams, who was reported to have been seeing a therapist for his depression in the period preceding his...
A sign of a strong relationship is not that you never fight or argue. Disagreements and arguments are inevitable when we are emotionally invested in someone. Contrary to popular wisdom, however, fights do not have to tear us apart, but can actually serve as pathways...
A frequent concern couples have is how to express their disagreements without starting a fight. Learning how to communicate with your partner in a way that minimizes your partner's defensiveness and makes it possible to have a conversation and not an argument is vital...
Infidelity and Cheating is Widespread: Statistics show that between 35-50% of all women or men in a relationship have had an affair. With such widespread occurrence of infidelity, affairs cannot only be attributed to some act of deviance or amorality, but must be...
An addiction to drugs and alcohol is not really an addiction to the drugs or to the alcohol. Rather we become addicted to a way of life. Our drug of choice, for better or for worse, helps us find our bearing in the world, and it is much more difficult to let go of a...
The vast majority of people who are contemplating seeing a therapist will be marred by doubts and reservations that may ultimately get in the way of following through. Some of these concerns may be quite rational and practical, but others are typically roadblocks we...
Good psychotherapy is not about offering solutions to people's problems. It is about helping people understand what their problem really is... Meet Joe... Joe is depressed. His wife just declared that she is going through with her divorce. Having built his past 20...
The Beauty of Therapy: My many years of experience as a therapist have taught me that therapy is a beautiful experience. People change by finding connections between memories, thoughts, and feelings, forming beautiful new patterns out of the fragments of their life....
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When we generally think of depression, we think of it as the same phenomenon. People sometimes...
In today’s therapeutic landscape, people have to be aware of multiple competing approaches to...
As a psychologist, a question I often get asked is: What are the causes of depression? The answer...
Although there are some psychological disorders that have a clear biological or genetic component,...
Are obsessions and compulsions the result of your brain going haywire, or could they have a...