Category Archives: Therapy
Intrusive Memories: A Research Roundup
A just-released psychological journal article can help you understand why bad memories and images may not leave your mind ... and what can help you to send them away.
I Know I Need Therapy Help, but Is My Therapy Working?
Not all therapy proves to be helpful. How can you assess if the particular therapist and treatment you are involved with are likely to succeed in helping you to solve your problems? Here are two perspectives and a set of nine guiding questions.
Individual Therapy for Married People: A Huge Mistake?
In my view, it may be a very mistaken—albeit common—practice to treat individuals without assessing their relationship and family life.
How Do I Stop Being a Narcissist?
As one narcissistic fellow said, "I feel like I'm a knight on a giant white steed while others are just tiny beings below my feet... Still, if I knew better, I'd do better."
How Effective Is Your Marriage Therapy?
If you and your spouse have had some tough times and turned for help to a couples counselor, how can you assess if the therapy is genuinely helping? Many folks in couples counseling are uncertain as to what to use as a measuring stick. Whether the therapist is "a nice person" is not sufficient. Try this quiz instead.
Help for Vulvodynia; Maybe Also Fibromyalgia, Cystitis, IBS
Some years ago a woman came to my office seeking psychotherapy for suicidal thoughts in response to extreme pain in the vulvar area. The pain waxed and waned, but when it was on, any movement or contact with clothes or seating prvoked intolerable stabbing, shooting, fiery pain. "Talking therapy can't do anything for physical agony!" I thought to myself. I was wrong.
Got an Anger Disorder? Not According to the DSM
There's diagnostic categories in the DSM for anxiety disorders, and also for depression. Why not for anger? What a peculiar blind spot!
Feeling Good? What Makes Good Feelings Flow?
How much good feeling have you been experiencing? Would you like more? Check out these 5 factors.
Depressed and Don’t Know Why? Or What You Can Do About It?
If you or someone you know has been feeling uncharacteristically irritable, discouraged, self-critical, or down, help is available.
Discouraged About Finding Anxiety Help? Try Genomics
Help for perpetual anxiety can be difficult to find. Maybe exploring your genomic blueprint will enable you to discover the treatments you need.