Showing posts with label assertiveness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label assertiveness. Show all posts
Thursday, April 6, 2023

How Women Can Be More Assertive About Getting Their Sexual Needs Met

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In her book, Sex Talks , Sex Therapist Vanessa Marin discusses the problems many people have talking about sex and how to overcome these dif...
Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Fear of Anger is Often Coupled With Shame and Guilt: Part 2

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In my prior article,  Fear of Anger is Often Coupled With Shame and Guilt - Part 1 , I discussed how anger is part of healthy aggression and...
Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Coping With Family Members Who Make Passive Aggressive Comments to You

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In prior articles, How to Recognize Passive Aggressive Behavior  and  How to Change Passive Aggressive Behavior , I discussed passive aggres...
Saturday, December 30, 2017

How Clients Internalize Their Experience of Their Psychotherapists

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One of the benefits of attending psychotherapy is that you learn so much about yourself, your relationships and the world around you (see my...
Monday, January 30, 2017

Is Your Fear of Being a "Bad Person" Preventing You From Asserting Yourself

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As children, many people are taught that they have to put others before themselves, even when it's to their own detriment.  Growing up w...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Letting Go of an Unhealthy Friendship

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There's no such thing as "a perfect friendship."  Most friendships have their ups and downs, and most people make allowances f...
Friday, April 9, 2010

You Feel Mistreated, But You're Not Communicating How You Feel

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Over the years, as a psychotherapist in New York City, I've seen many clients in my psychotherapy private practice who come to me to tal...
Friday, September 18, 2009

Assertiveness: Learning to Say "No"

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Do you often find yourself in situations where you said "Yes" where you wish you had said "No"? Do you feel you would ...