Showing posts with label authenticity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label authenticity. Show all posts
Friday, May 23, 2025

Learning to Embrace Your Emotional Vulnerability

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I have written about emotional vulnerability in prior articles, including  Vulnerability as a Pathway to Greater Emotional Intimacy . In the...
Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Taking Risks in Your Therapy

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Many clients who are in therapy avoid expressing their reservations or negative feelings about therapy or their therapists.  Some clients, w...
Monday, December 18, 2017

Looking Happy on the Outside, But Feeling Broken on the Inside

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Looking happy on the outside, but feeling broken on the inside is a common experience for people who are depressed but who want to appear as...
Friday, November 17, 2017

Becoming Your True Self

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Discovering who you are can be a lifelong process, especially since everyone changes over time.  In prior articles, I wrote about the false ...
Monday, November 23, 2015

Psychotherapy Blog: Understanding the False Self - Part 2: Getting Help in Therapy

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As I mentioned in the first part of this article, Understanding the False Self , the false self is a phenomenon that develops early in life ...
Monday, November 16, 2015

Understanding the False Self - Part 1

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At times, all of us put on a front, to a certain extent, that is part of self preservation and that we use  consciously  to protect ourselve...
Monday, November 9, 2015

Are You Lying to Yourself and Others About Who You Are?

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In an earlier article, When Trust Breaks Down: Lies of Omission , I discussed a particular type of lying that can ruin a relationship, lies ...