Gym : Physical workout : : Therapy : _______
Gym is to physical workout as therapy is to emotional workout. If you remember SAT analogies, you will recognize the title of this blog post as one....
27 March, 2014
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Why children think parents are put on this earth to make them happy
While it may be true that parents aren't put on this earth to make their children happy for most of a child's life, for the first year and sometimes longer, that is exactly what parents are put on this earth to do....
20 March, 2014
What Rachel Canning (the NJ teen who sued her parents) can teach us
Last week the news was flooded with stories about Rachel Canning. If you missed it, she is the 18 year-old New Jersey girl who moved out of her parents' house and then sued them for child support and access to a college fund she believed...
14 March, 2014
Schizophrenia: What is it really?
People often jokingly describe themselves as “schizo” when they have opposing feelings about a single thing simultaneously, or can't make up their mind....
06 March, 2014
Why you need psychotherapy even if you think you don’t
Psychotherapy is not just for people who have “problems.” Psychotherapy is also for people who want to be masters of their emotional universe....
27 February, 2014
Can I Make My Kid Gay
Having heard someone wonder if they were turning their child gay, I decided to address the question. Can I make my kid gay?...
24 February, 2014
Why Can’t I Find A Satisfying Relationship?
The first thing you have to ask yourself when you wonder why you can't find a satisfying relationship is, “Am I satisfied with myself?”...
18 February, 2014
Why Your Relationship Isn’t Working
There are some fundamental things you want to consider when you are trying to come up with reasons why your relationship isn't working....
03 February, 2014
How Something Random (a trigger) Can Set Back Your Mental Health
Many people believe that long lost childhood experiences have no bearing on their mental health as adults. I can't count the number of times I have heard someone say that their childhood was fine and that they are “happy with what my parents taught me.” On...
27 January, 2014
Depressed And Looking For Answers
Whether you have decided to go “the medication route” or not, the last piece of advice you will generally find online about how to relieve depression when you can't beat it on your own is to “know when to seek professional help,” or to “know...
21 January, 2014