Category: Therapy Process
A Therapy Relationship Is Not A Real Relationship
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard from people that a therapy relationship is not a real relationship. It’s a pretty universal assumption. ...
Therapy Doesn’t Work
When therapy doesn’t work, it’s because you are talking about your feelings or talking about events that happened in the past, you aren’t feeling them. ...
Get Out of Your Head! Body-Mind Psychotherapy to the Rescue
I know it sounds kinda weird, body-mind psychotherapy. You are supposed to talk about your feelings in therapy, right? What does that have to do ...
Does Therapy Really Work?
Of course it does. But, you knew I was going to say that. I’m a therapist, after all.
The Mind: A Psychotherapist’s Perspective
Let’s face it, the mind is a pretty vague concept. Unlike the kidneys, the liver or the heart, practically no one has the same definition ...
Therapist v. Life Coach – What’s the Diff?
What is the Difference? Not too long ago, I listened to a segment on National Public Radio. It was about the “explosion” of life coaches ...
What is the Unconscious?
In psychotherapy, “the unconscious” is a thing, it is not the physical state of being passed out. It is commonly referred to as the “subconscious,” ...
How Something Random 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 ...
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 ...
I Think I’m Falling in Love with my Therapist!?!??!!
I just read a Yahoo Answers thread with this title: “I think I’m falling in Love with My Therapist.” As a Licensed Mental Health Therapist, ...
