Friday, April 13, 2018

How Do You Know If You're in an Unhealthy Relationship?

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How do you know if you're in an unhealthy relationship?  Being objective about whether or not your relationship is healthy for you can b...
Thursday, April 12, 2018

How Psychotherapy Can Help You to Overcome Trauma and Develop a More Accurate Sense of Self

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Does it seem like your perception of yourself is off?  Does it seem that logically , you know your sense of self should be higher but, on an...
Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Books: Imperfect Love in "My Name is Lucy Barton"

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The novel, My Name is Lucy Barton , by Elizabeth Strout, is primarily about a mother-daughter relationship that is an "imperfect love...
Monday, April 9, 2018

When Idealized Heroes Falter

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As a psychotherapist in New York City, who is a trauma specialist, I often hear from adult clients how disappointing it was for them as chil...
Saturday, April 7, 2018

Theater: Edward Albee's Play - Three Tall Women: Three Perspectives From Three Stages of a Life

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In Edward Albee's autobiographical two-act play, Three Tall Women, the protagonist, who is referred to as A, is represented at three di...
Friday, April 6, 2018

Seeing Yourself as a Loner vs. Experiencing Yourself as Not Belonging

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In my prior articles, Seeing Yourself as "Independent" vs. Feeling Shame For Feeling Like a Burden  and Seeing Yourself as "R...
Thursday, April 5, 2018

Seeing Yourself as Being "Rational" vs. Experiencing Shame For Not Being Able to Feel

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As I discussed in my prior article , people often use defense mechanisms as emotional survival strategies when dealing with the underlying i...