We are born for intimacy. Clients come to me with a variety of complaints, but much of the time, the root issue relates directly to intimacy: disruptions in intimacy, fear of intimacy, over-dependence on intimacy, lack of intimacy, need for intimacy, and the myriad relationship problems that occur in relation to these issues. We all need intimacy. People [...]
Siri Hustvedt, A Reflection On Acute Trauma
Below is a powerful and personal illustration by Siri Hustvedt, writing in The New York Times on February 20th, 2012 of the emotional impact of her automobile crash over ten years ago. Her discussion about the interplay between the body and the mind as it relates to emotion and psychological health is important. Sometimes in therapy and [...]
Spark Your Emotional Recovery with Exercise
Most of us are aware of the physical benefits of exercise. Lower blood pressure, controlled weight, increased endurance etc. But less well known are the emotional benefits. Decreased anxiety, improved sleep, greater self-confidence and a renewed appreciation for the natural world are also attainable. Some studies show that a regular regiment of exercise is as [...]
Dr. Google, Health Anxiety , and Cyberchondria
According to Wikipedia, cyberchondria refers to the unfounded escalation of concerns about common symptomology based on review of search results and literature online. Cyberchondria is a growing concern among many healthcare practitioners as patients can now research any and all symptoms of a rare disease, illness or condition, and manifest a state of medical anxiety. [...]
Dr. Margaret Blaustein on Treating Traumatic Stress
Dr. Margaret Blaustein is the co-creator of the ARC Treatment Model, which focuses on Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency to foster resiliency in children and adolescents who have experienced complex or chronic traumatic stress.
Schema Therapy – The Powerful Influence of Our Mental Maps
“I Know What’s Gonna Happen Next” Schema Therapy The Powerful Influence of Our Mental Maps 1. WHAT IS SCHEMA THERAPY? This article is largely based on the practice theories developed by Jeffrey E. Young, PhD in his book “Schema Therapy”. Our internal schematic is a pattern or an organizing framework which we personalize for ourselves [...]
Coping with Unemployment Anxiety
Jamie, age 45, is by all measures a talented and hard-working person. He has earned multiple graduate degrees and amassed much professional expertise. Yet Jamie finds himself unemployed, with no immediate job-prospects. He is surprised to find himself in this position in mid-life, and has been experiencing feelings of anxiety and depression. He says: “I’ve been [...]
Help for Social Anxiety
Social Anxiety Disorder is the third most common psychiatric illness, and depending on the definition one uses- the incidence is believed to be anywhere from 5 to 13 percent of the population in the United States suffer from it in their lifetime. Social Anxiety manifests in various ways some of which can be fairly innocuous. [...]
What is Internal Family Systems Therapy? An Interview With Dr. Richard C. Schwartz
An Introduction to Internal Family Systems Therapy To learn more about Dr. Schwartz’s model of therapy, I attended a conference where he was presenting. I had the opportunity to hear him lecture as well as interview him about the theory, practice, and thought processes that helped him to create Internal Family Systems Therapy. In [...]
Through the Fog: Understanding Trauma
I recently had the privilege of attending the 22nd Annual International Trauma Conference, at the Seaport World Trade Center, in Boston, MA. After the conference on Saturday, I was sitting down by the Fort Point Channel, thinking about everything I had learned over the last three days. There was a heavy, moist, fog that had settled [...]
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