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Online therapy offers great benefits.Life in the time of Covid-19 - by Therapion- Why Do People Have Panic Attacks? Here are the Answers! - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2010 from Jason KluberThere are days when our panic attack is just so dreadful that we wish to take a pill so that the attacks will stop. Sadly though, reality sets in and we notice that this is impossible because none of us knows why do people have panic attacks and how to automatically stop a panic attack. Lives of ...
Views: 1920 - Spirituality in Marriage & Family Therapy - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2012 from Carole CullenThe great malady of the twentieth century, implicated in all of our troubles and affecting us individually and socially, is “loss of soul.” When soul is neglected, it doesn’t just go away; it appears symptomatically in obsessions, addictions, violence, and loss of meaning. - Thomas Moore ...The ...
Views: 1913 - Dear Dr Romance: I Need a Good Self-Help Book - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2012 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I congratulate you for your many helpful articles on the Internet. I would like to have your advice. I am male and in the last 25 years I had a therapy experience which lasted 3 1/2 years and left me with unresolved issues; shorter therapy experiences with different ...
Views: 1910(2 votes) - Our anxious mind - How anxiety turns into addiction - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2013 from Akira OlsenAnxiety is a common complaint among people of all ages. The sources of their anxieties varies with each person. Some are anxious about everything, while others are anxious about a specific, narrow life issue such as job and money. Anxiety is generally not negative as long as (1) it’s mild and; ...
Views: 1909(2 votes) - Get instruction of studio with our software - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2016 from Lidia PeckIn the best digital life, your health is requiring to be perfect, for their well care and for your best guideline for your workout. We provide the best software of fitness studio and yoga software, that can you find advantage your best nearest fitness studio. If you want to make the business ...
Views: 1908 - Help When Your Teenager is Out of Control - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2010 from Mark GregstonFor parents, there is no worse feeling than watching your child spin out of control while nothing you do seems to make any difference. If your teenager’s behavior is giving you feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, and fear, I would like to offer you some suggestions. First, stop what you ...
Views: 1903(2 votes) - Paul Newman’s “The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp” Vision Expands - by James Mapes - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2014 from James MapesPaul Newman’s “The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp” Vision Expands - by James Mapes More than two decades ago, Paul Newman had a vision of possibility with no idea how to make it a reality. As all great visions begin, he started with a “What if…” question. What if children with ...
Views: 1901 - How Depression Destroys a Marriage - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2016 from Randi FredricksIf you are having problems in your marriage, depression may be part of the reason. Recent studies have indicated that depression is associated with the quality of a relationship. Additionally, the quality of a relationship can affect a person’s level of depression. Not surprisingly, someone ...
Views: 1896(2 votes) - How to Recognize the Signs of Fear of Emotional Intimacy in Your Partner - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2014 from Dr. Jeanette RaymondAt the age of 34 Rory had achieved everything he had set out to do when he decided to prove to his father that he wasn’t a waster. He had an exciting six figure salary job as a buyer of exotic furnishings for a global interior design company. Together with a large upscale home, a beautiful and ...
Views: 1894 - Accepting Change Will Give You Peace - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2011 from Mary Jane Hurley BrantIn my younger days I was naive enough to think I could control change. I've learned, but not quickly enough, that no one can control or stop change. And, here is an interesting little fact: Charles Darwin believed that those who survive are the people who can adapt to ongoing change. They are ...
Views: 1893(5 votes) - Increase Student Enrollment, Become a Continuing Education Provider - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2011 from Dawn FlemingWould you like to know a “secret” about how you can expand student enrollment and earn credibility as a holistic health teacher? Read along and find out how becoming an approved continuing education (CE) provider can open doors for you as a teacher. I will share valuable information and tips ...
Views: 1891 - Men and Depression - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2009 from Diana Weiss-WisdomDear Dr. Weiss-Wisdom, My thirty-two year old stepson has hit some hard times and has had to move in with us. He lost his job, lost his condo in foreclosure, and his girlfriend broke up with him. I’m very worried about him, but my husband thinks he has to just tough it out. My stepson stays ...
Views: 1891(1 vote) - Goals and Expectations; Personal Lessons and Revelations Working with an Autistic Child - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2010 from Stephanie AltIn the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet. Albert Schweitzer In relationships, both personal and professional it’s important to be conscious of our goals and expectations. It’s also a good idea to honestly assess the present and the past. How ...
Views: 1888(6 votes) - How to Forgive Yourself? - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2012 from Laura SilvaSometimes in life we do some things that change the course of our life forever. At times it seems impossible for us to live with ourselves, with guilt burdening us down. But these are the times when your endurance is tested. There are two things you can do: 1. Be miserable for the rest of ...
Views: 1886(2 votes) - Self-Help Tips - What Does Abandonment Really Mean? - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2013 from Peter MainWhen people talk about abandonment, or fear of abandonment, they often feel it is something that either happened to them, or what happens to other people in childhood, often without a really clear sense of what it might mean. There is some truth in this interpretation of abandonment, but its ...
Views: 1885(2 votes) - Therapy: Is Your Therapist Invalidating Your Experiences? - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2016 from Oliver JR CooperWhen one is suffering from mental and emotional problems and/or has relationship problems, they can end up looking for a therapist to assist them. This could be because they have taken this approach in the past, or it may be due to other reasons. If it relates to other reasons, it could be a ...
Views: 1883 - Carl Jung’s Psychology and New Conclusions - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Christina SponiasThe meaning of the dream messages is always protective. We need protection because we are under-developed primates. We have a very tiny human conscience, which is one-sided and needs development. The biggest part of our brain is totally absurd because it belongs to our primitive conscience, the ...
Views: 1882 - The Importance of Mindfulness for Healing Anxiety (The Boulder Center for Mindfulness Psychotherapy & Counseling) - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2011 from Peter StrongDo you feel stuck and unable to get beyond anxiety, depression and traumatic memories? Do you feel a victim of your emotions? Intense emotions resulting from childhood trauma, personal loss or a recent traumatic experience have a tendency to become stuck in the deep recesses of the mind where ...
Views: 1881(1 vote) - The Instincts of Life & Death - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2012 from John AllanThe Instincts of Life and Death Eros, said Freud, is one of our basic instincts. From the ancient Greek, Eros refers to the God of Love, which we might see as creation. You can read about it here: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eros). The multitudinous number of all human instincts, might be ...
Views: 1879(1 vote) - 5 Steps to Your Best Year Yet - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2023 from Debra BurdickIt is always exciting to see how current brain research and brain imaging techniques prove why psychological and spiritual techniques work in our lives. It turns out that our brains don’t really know the difference between whether something is actually happening in our lives or whether we are ...
Views: 1878(9 votes) - A Journey to a New Life - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2010 from Mark GillespiePersonal growth and recovery from abuse is a journey. The journey we shall take commences at the point when one’s inner life begins, as a child, but not a living child, an inner-child, locked in time, forever orbiting in the universe within one’s head, and there is likely more than one such ...
Views: 1877 - Amazing NLP! - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2011 from Paul EmeryHow To Change or Improve Something In Your Life – Now – With The Amazing ‘NLP’ Method! Anthony Robbins – Worlds #1 success coach and best-selling author confidently calls NLP – ‘an incredibly powerful tool’! Modern Psychology – ...
Views: 1872(2 votes) - Technology Aided Infidelity - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2010 from Miho AdkinsAt 5:00 pm he called his wife to tell her he will have supper with co workers and then go to a client meeting. Her innocent response is "Have a great night, see you later". At 5:15 he left his office and is headed to a small city some thirty miles from his office. He checked his text messages ...
Views: 1863 - The Meaning of Blood in Dreams - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2011 from Christina SponiasMost dreams are warnings because we make too many mistakes in life. We are constantly influenced by our wild conscience, while our human conscience is one-sided and under-developed. Our wild and primitive conscience (anti-conscience) is still active inside us. The anti-conscience is our ...
Views: 1863(1 vote) - How Does Magnetic Therapy Work? - by Submitted on May 08, 2009 from Channary HouleThis article explains how magnets work to aid healing in the body. Many people are seeking alternative health care due to the high cost of paying for medical bills and knowing that one prescription drug will lead to another one, mainly because of side effects. I recently went to the hospital ...
Views: 1862 - Panic Attacks In Children - Manage Them! - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2010 from Jason KluberIt is truly disturbing and painful to see your child suffer from panic attacks. I know, that information might had left you questioning how can that be feasible yet, panic attacks in children are really possible. It is also alarming that the children affected by this condition are growing in ...
Views: 1859 - Mental Toughness - Get a Grip - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2011 from Phil PearlBad events do happen, unpredictable events happen. For mental toughness we need to strive to keep negative events, together with our responses in proportion. We need to gain perspective, as some events are clearly worse than others. We are responsible for how bad we perceive events to be and it ...
Views: 1857(2 votes) - Being the Big One - by Submitted on May 20, 2015 from Julie Roberts, Ph.D.Sometimes when we are little and things go wrong, we think we have to take charge and fix things. We feel it’s up to us to make it better. We think we have to be the big one and we’ll show the adults how to do it. Or we feel like no one else is seeing what a mess things are, or how unsafe things ...
Views: 1854(1 vote) - The Power of the Pendulum - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from Shakti WilsonIs there something holding you back from fulfilling relationships, health, career or prosperity? If so, there is an easy way to find out what is blocking your progress. Anyone can change their life through the use the pendulum and Spiritual Response Technique (SRT). This precise system is a very ...
Views: 1854 - Who is this Dr. Phil Guy? - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2006 from Richard Singer Jr.Who is this Dr. Phil Guy? By Richard A. Singer Jr. Psychotherapy and counseling are extremely precious to me. The help of trusting and loving professionals within these fields empowered me to pick myself up from the depths of despair and become a contributor to the human race. Therapy is also ...
Views: 1851(1 vote) - Mindfulness Meditation Therapy for Resolving Emotional Stress - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2011 from Peter StrongMMT can be defined as: the direct application of mindfulness to the present felt-sense of an emotional complex to facilitate transformation, resolution and healing. DIRECT APPLICATION means that the individual trains to establish and sustain a quality of relationship with the inner ...
Views: 1848(1 vote) - Individual and Collective Crisis/Trauma Intervention and Debriefing: Ten Steps & Strategies - by Submitted on May 06, 2015 from Mark GorkinIn light of events fifteen miles away (Baltimore) to 10,000 miles from my doorstop (Nepal), this essay titled, "Individual and Collective Crisis/Trauma Intervention and Debriefing: Ten Steps & Strategies," clearly has immediate relevance and application. Actually, the impetus for the article ...
Views: 1847 - The Hateful Patient - Difficult Patients in Psychotherapy - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2007 from Sam VakninIn 1978, a medical doctor by the name of J.E. Groves published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine an article titled "Taking Care of the Hateful Patient". In it he admitted that patients with personality disorders often evoke in their physicians dislike or even outright hatred. ...
Views: 1847 - Supporting Your Active Child - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2009 from Matt CasperAn overly rambunctious and active child can be a challenge to any parent. Every child has the tendency to display hyperactive behavior, and it’s therefore important that every parent understands how to best handle this behavior when it appears.* Hyperactivity and restlessness is the result of ...
Views: 1846(2 votes) - Choosing the Right Clinician - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2009 from William BerryChoosing the right clinician for your needs is a complicated matter. There are some simple steps to begin heading in the right direction. It is important to understand your needs and what you are looking for. There are several different types of clinicians in the helping profession. I want to ...
Views: 1845 - How to Transform Your Personality and Achieve All Goals - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2011 from Christina SponiasThe unconscious mind that produces your dreams criticizes your behavior in order to help you transform your personality and evolve. For example, other people in your dreams are parts of your own personality. This means that whenever you dream about someone else, you behave like this person, ...
Views: 1843(1 vote) - Therapy is Best When Self Help and Mind Over Matter Techniques Fail - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2011 from Randi FineSelf-improvement advice on virtually any topic that interests us, written from endless points of views, is right at our fingertips. Most of the articles I write are of this genre, often with a New Age slant. Websites like SelfGrowth.com and Curezone.com are entirely devoted to this topic. A ...
Views: 1842(1 vote) - Creating An Energetic Bridge - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2010 from Sherry O'BrianThe efficacy of energy-based psychotherapy is slowly increasing with the advent of new technology that can measure brain waves and other forms of subtle energy. As with any field of study there are several branches, all of which focus on change within some aspect of the human energy field, or ...
Views: 1828(2 votes) - 5 Time Tested Ways to Walk Off Depression - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2011 from Dave KanofskySeveral years ago I was diagnosed with hypertension otherwise known as high blood pressure. My doctor told me to modify my diet and to begin an exercise program. He also said that if I lost weight my blood pressure should begin to stabilize and eventually I could come off the medication that was ...
Views: 1826(2 votes) - How to deal with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2017 from Nancy CarboneThose with borderline personality disorder (BPD) have an underlying fear of abandonment and often misinterpret interpersonal situations where they end up feeling worthless or mistreated. They can have a distorted sense of self and view of others. The see themselves and others as split, as ...
Views: 1826(1 vote) - Depression: A Risk Factor for Suicide - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2010 from Diana Weiss-WisdomLosing a loved one to suicide is devastating for family, friends, and can reverberate through a community. We wonder if we should have seen the signs and if there was anything that we could have done to help them. In the United States today, suicide is the eleventh most common cause of death. ...
Views: 1825(1 vote) - Self Harm In Schools - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2013 from Jennifer McLeodWhen you mention the term self harm today the public normally associates it with young people, particularly school children or teenagers. Whilst self harm is prevalent amongst young people, it also might appear that it is prolific in the education system! It is important therefore, to paint an ...
Views: 1822 - Helping Teens with Anger - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2011 from Cristina MardirossianRecognizing Anger Non Physical Signs * Controlling decisions * Isolating from friends, school, family * Having extreme standards * Blaming, insulting, name calling, threatening, questioning or checking up Violent- No Contact * Reckless driving ...
Views: 1820(1 vote) - Suicidal Ideations - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Cheryl HitchcockAlthough suicide is a fairly heavy topic and conjures up all kinds of negative images, nevertheless it should be talked about, however briefly within this scope. When deciding what aspects to cover with this topic, and there are many, I decided to talk about risk assessment. One of the most ...
Views: 1818(2 votes) - 4 Disadvantages of Self-Sabotaging Behaviors - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2015 from Jason MagillTo be honest, there are no clear cut signs when it comes to having self-sabotaging behavior. Although a lot has been said about the most common indicators of this particular behavior, it will still vary from one person to another. However, if we talk about the disadvantages of having this ...
Views: 1817(1 vote) - The Delights of Sandplay Therapy - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2012 from Rosalind L. Heiko, Ph.D.We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. -Joseph Campbell Developed by Dora M. Kalff of Switzerland, Sandplay has become more popular throughout the United States since ...
Views: 1817 - Men’s Mental Health Issues - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2014 from Frank HealyOne of the challenges for men in the modern world is to accept that they have stress, depression, anxiety and other mental health issues. Women now expect their man to be open and share his feelings. In previous generations men were expected to go to work and provide the money. This was not ...
Views: 1815 - Convenient Shoplifting and Theft Education Classes Taken Online - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2012 from Ari NovickShoplifting is a crime that is committed for many reasons. Sometimes it is a crime of necessity when someone has few other options other than to steal in order to support themself. Sometimes it is part of a larger criminal network where stolen goods are resold. Often shoplifting is a crime that ...
Views: 1814(2 votes) - Soul Retrieval – Shamanism and Healing. - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2012 from Howard CharingThe recapitulation of life force is the body of work, which restores or recapitulates lost life force. Soul Retrieval is one of the most well-known and effective practices to this end. To understand how recapitulation practices work, we need to look at the multidimensional nature of reality ...
Views: 1814 - Wellness Over Illness - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Marc ShulmanIn last weeks NY Times magazine, an article written by Daniel Carlat, M.D., entitled Mind over Meds http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/magazine/25Memoir-t.html?pagewanted=1, raises the hotly debated issue of the value of psychotherapy versus the value of psychotropic medications for treating ...
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