As a therapist, I have two specialties: autism and posttraumatic stress disorder. Although my early research into PTSD focused on victims of rape and sexual abuse, as I expanded my practice, combat... Read more »
Do you back down when setting boundaries or allow others to mistreat you? Do you ignore your own needs to satisfy someone else’s? Do you dismiss or minimize your feelings? Do you... Read more »
Source: Amistad Cristiana / Unsplash Most of us don’t think of the option of forgiving life. It might be easier to see that forgiving God is something we’re more comfortable considering. I... Read more »
This is the main point of this post: Sometimes what your brain craves is not good for your body. We all know that this is true. We’re drawn to any food that... Read more »
This post is Part 1 of a series that will examine the nature of what I refer to as clinical wisdom and provide specific concrete examples of some of these esoteric secrets... Read more »
Carl Jung gave us the shadow self and asked us to consider who we are within a system of classification. His ideas traveled far beyond the psychoanalysis room, cascading through the mythology... Read more »
For many families, summer is associated with freedom, relaxation, and a welcome break from the demands of the school year. Yet for some children and teens, the transition from the structure of... Read more »
Nearly 40 years ago, while working toward my Ph.D., I enrolled in an advanced Italian literature course to satisfy a language requirement. Because of my Italian heritage, my having studied the language... Read more »
The summer of 2026 has been setting records for high temperatures and heat-related deaths in Europe and the U.S. Older adults and those with chronic health problems are affected most, but everyone... Read more »
First of all, any advice on this matter should come with a warning label that says, “not guaranteed to work.” These tips might help, and they usually do help, but there is... Read more »