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Borderline Personality: Does a BPD Diagnosis Imply Raging?
One aspect of the cluster of traits that lead to a borderline personality diagnosis lies at the core of this disorder. Hint: it's NOT anger.
Boundaries, Privacy and Intimacy Are Cultural Phenomena
When couples start with different cultural backgrounds, their his-way, her-way expectations of intimacy, of what is private and what can be shared, can be confusing.
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, So Here’s a 6-Step How-To
Relationship endings can be difficult. This strategy works whether you are the one who initiates the breakup or the one who receives the bad news.
Bullying Is MoreThan Just a Kids’ Problem
Bullying happens to adults as well as to kids. And whether it happens when you are young or old, bullying can trigger long-term physical health consequences.
Can a 4-Step Self-Help Therapy Technique End Upset Feelings?
Therapists use this technique to help their clients gain insight and feel better. Can it also relieve upset feelings if you use it as a self-help technique?
Are You Falling Out of Love? A Quiz on 10 Warning Signs
"Falling out of love" has become the most common cause of divorce, trumping even affairs and abuse. The good news is that it can be prevented.
Can All Conflicts About Sex Be Resolved? If So, How?
This is the 7th post in a series addressing the question of whether and how all conflicts can be resolved. Sexual differences can be particularly sensitive to discuss.
Are You Good Enough?
How comfortable do you feel with yourself? The time-tested ideas of Donald Winnicott suggest that feeling good enough fosters acceptance from others.
Can Energy Psychology Treatments End Chronic Pain?
New energy psychology techniques may revolutionize the way psychologists and physicians treat pain. They sure have helped me.
Antidotes to Boredom: Why Shopping is Fun
Boredom comes from too much sameness. Shopping—for new things, new friends or new love—can, by contrast, feel fun. Newness is invigorating. Why?