Category: Mental Health Therapy
Mental Health, Made Simple
Mental health is less complicated than you think—and it’s all about energy Warning: This is a long post. Stick with it, though, and you’ll know …
Sorry Poly (Vagal Theory), We’re Breaking Up
Breaking up with the polyvagal theory Have you ever spent a long time in what you thought was a pretty good relationship only to have …
Stress and Cancer are Related
Recently, I read an article by Mark J. Doolittle, PhD. He wrote it for the Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine. And in it, he wrote …
“Mental Health” Is Not The Problem, Failure to Manage Anger Is The Problem
“Mental health problems” do not lead to violence being perpetrated on society. A failure to manage anger does. We need to stop calling it a …
You Don’t Need A Therapist
No, you don’t need a therapist. You’re not crazy and there’s nothing really wrong with you. But you’re not happy are you? Can you quit what you want to quit and start what you want to start?
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. Talking and insight alone have no magical qualities. In order to experience a change in the way you feel in your body, you have to experience the feelings in your body.
Let’s Face It, Therapy Is Weird. Here’s Why.
An example I found from a Google search sums it up.
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 Psychotherapy at Leah Benson Therapy
When you Google, “what is psychotherapy,” you will find that the first entry out of more than 29 million search results is this simple definition, “the treatment of mental disorder by psychological rather than medical means.” While this definition is partly accurate, it doesn’t help you understand what it is that a therapist will be doing with you in therapy.
Why Self-Help Books Are Not Psychotherapy
Thinking you will get therapeutic results by reading self help books is like thinking you will see a change in your body by reading a book about working out. Getting fit or sculpting your body requires you to take action, and so does overcoming an emotional difficulty or becoming a master of your emotional universe.
