All too often, hurtful words slip inadvertently from our mouths. Sometimes we genuinely meant no harm. At other times it’s worth checking in with our quiet voices. Did we in fact mean to poke or jab? And if so, why? Freud wrote about jokes, saying that they really do tend to rest on subconscious truths. […]
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MY HUSBAND HAD AN AFFAIR! An Exercise for Turning a Major Mistake into Mutual Learning By Susan Heitler, Ph.D. One exercise in the recovery process, toward the goal of inoculation against further infidelities, is for your husband and you to think of the infidelity as the last stop on a train line. Back up to […]
Susan Heitler, Ph.D. Author, The Power of Two, and The Power of Two Workbook www.TherapyHelp.com Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove… Christopher Marlowe, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love Can this poet’s romantic image of living together be a reality in today’s world among dishes to wash, […]
Susan Heitler, Ph.D. Pleased To Kill You www.therapyhelp.com Shane Marie Morrow Lecture Metro Department of Psychology October 10, 2007 I. DOMESTIC ABUSE The following readings on domestic abuse are from the website www.helpguide.org, a website with excellent resource listings. Domestic violence and abuse Domestic abuse occurs when one person in an intimate relationship or marriage […]
Shane Marie Morrow Lecture Metro Department of Psychology October 10, 2007 Susan Heitler, Ph.D. On 9/11 of 2001 Americans discovered terrorism. Reeling from the shocking news of planes flown into New York’s World Trade Center, Americans turned on their TV sets. To our horror, we watched Palestinians dancing in the streets in celebration of the many […]