Friday, May 11, 2018

Memories of Your First Love - Part 1

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Memories of your first love can have a profound effect on subsequent relationships.  It doesn't matter how old you are or if you're ...
Thursday, May 10, 2018

How Reliable Are Online Reviews of Psychotherapists?

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In a New York Times editorial,  The Wrong Type of Talk Therapy , Keely Kolmes, Ph.D., a psychologist in California, wrote about the problems...
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

EMDR is a Transformative Therapy for Trauma, But There Are a Few Exceptions

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As a trauma therapist in private practice in New York City for over 20 years, I have been using EMDR therapy regularly since 2005 with excel...
Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Problems With Experiencing Positive Emotions: When Good Feelings Feel Bad

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Problems with experiencing positive emotions, like happiness, are often related to unresolved developmental trauma (see my article: (see my ...
Monday, May 7, 2018

Understanding the Healthy Needs Underlying an Addiction

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In prior articles, I've addressed issues related to addiction and recovery.  See my articles: People Who Abuse Alcohol Often Don't...
Friday, May 4, 2018

How Experiential Psychotherapy Can Facilitate Emotional Development in Adult Clients

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In prior articles, I've discussed experiential psychotherapy and how it helps clients in therapy to overcome emotional problems, includi...
Thursday, May 3, 2018

How Contemporary Psychotherapy Has. Changed - Part 2

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In Part 1  of this topic, I gave a history of the early psychoanalytic views of psychotherapists' reactions to clients (also known as co...