Monday, August 10, 2015

A Psychotherapist's Beliefs About Psychotherapy Affect How the Therapist Works With You

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Psychotherapists' beliefs about psychotherapy can have a significant effect on the way they practice therapy. The impact of their belief...

Improving Sexual Intimacy in a Long-Term Relationship

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One of the most common complaints that I hear in couples therapy for people in long term relationships is that their sex life has fizzled ou...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Psychotherapy Blog: Old Abandonment Issues Can Get Triggered When Your Psychotherapist is Away

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Abandonment issues from early childhood can get triggered when your therapist goes away for a while.  This is a common response for many cli...
Monday, August 3, 2015

Relationships: "Acting In" Instead of "Acting Out"

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Many people who are unhappy in their relationship don't know how to communicate with their partner.  Rather than "acting in" b...
Monday, July 27, 2015

Psychotherapy Blog: Overcoming Your Fear of Allowing Yourself to Be Happy

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As unusual as it might sound, people who have suffered with longstanding unresolved emotional trauma often have a hard time tolerating posit...
Saturday, July 25, 2015

Losing Yourself in a Relationship: When "Me" Gets Lost in "We"

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In a prior article,  Reclaiming a Lost Part of Yourself , I discussed how people, sometimes consciously or unconsciously, disavow parts of t...
Monday, July 20, 2015

Holding Onto Grief as a Way to Stay Emotionally Connected to a Deceased Loved One

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There are no rules about grief.  Everyone grieves in his or her own way.  At the same time, many people come to therapy because they sense t...