Showing posts with label distorted beliefs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label distorted beliefs. Show all posts
Monday, November 27, 2017

What is the Corrective Emotional Experience in Therapy?

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Most contemporary psychotherapists today agree that intellectual insight alone isn't enough to repair traumatic experiences.  Many of th...
Saturday, November 4, 2017

Discovering That Your Thoughts and Feelings Aren't Facts

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There are many clients who begin psychotherapy believing that their feelings are facts--whether it's their feelings about themselves or ...
Saturday, May 9, 2015

Relationships: The Problem With Trying to Change Your Partner

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Are you someone who has the tendency to choose romantic partners that you try to change to try to mold them into who you want them to be (se...
Sunday, May 3, 2015

Overcoming the Confusion Between Compassion and Responsibility in Therapy

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In Part 1  and  Part 2  on the topic of confusing compassion and responsibility, I began discussing the problem that many adults, who trauma...
Monday, April 27, 2015

Understanding the Difference Between Compassion and Responsibility - Part 1

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Understanding the difference between compassion and responsibility is often confusing for adults who were abused and traumatized as children...
Monday, July 28, 2014

How Therapy Can Help You to Develop a New Perspective About Yourself and Others

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In a prior article, Gaining a New Perspective in Therapy About Yourself and Others , I discussed how ingrained negative thoughts can impact ...
Monday, July 21, 2014

Gaining a New Perspective in Therapy About Yourself and Others

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Ingrained negative thoughts can impact how you see yourself and others.  When these thoughts are longstanding and unconscious, you can make ...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Common Myths About Psychotherapy: Going to Therapy Means You're "Weak"

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In a prior blog article,  Common Myths About Psychotherapy: Therapy Takes a Long Time , I addressed one of the biggest misperceptions about ...