How not to fall into feeling unlovable or lonely this year, just because you don't have a Valentine!
Once again, February 14th is right around the corner. And this year, for whatever reason, you don't have a Valentine to call your own. You may be single or separated, divorced or widowed. Unfortunately, so many of us who find ourselves in this situation fall into feelings of deep inadequacy and despair. We tell ourselves: "I'm not good enough; something's wrong with me; I'll never find someone." The reasons why we're "alone" don't matter. What matters is learning how to address these feelings so that you embrace Valentine's Day 2012, feeling the fullness of love rather than the black hole of emptiness and lack.
A life compassionately lived is an inspiration to others.
A skit on Saturday Night Live about twenty years ago depicted a man and woman standing outside of a 'therapist's' office. One actor asks the other if this is his office. He answers ‘Yes” and she slaps him across the face. He acknowledged being 'TheRapist'.
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated. -Mahatma Gandhi
On November 18, 2011, it became legal to slaughter American horses for human consumption in the United States. What?! Americans don’t eat horses. We ride them, groom them, love them, use them in therapy, and make movies about them. Imagine sitting through two hours of War Horse, only to watch "Joey" get slaughtered after his brave and heroic service. Unthinkable? Think again.
Who does what...and how? It can get confusing, So here's the 411.
For many years, I was a therapist who worked with individuals, couples, and even corporations, dealing with the myriad of problems that we humans face. Back then, I was what one might call a "generalist," although people with relationship and sexual issues somehow managed to make their way to my doorstep more often than not.
How to achieve the relationship changes you've been looking for.
You've been seeing a therapist for years, and yet, nothing is changing in your relationship patterns. What can you do to get the results you've been looking for? 3 Reasons To Seek Couples Therapy
In this video, Relationship Coaches and YourTango Experts Orna and Matthew Walters explain why therapy is only the first step. If you really want to see a difference in your love life, you need to have your actions reflect what you've learned while sitting in your therapist's chair.
People say the most ignorant, insensitive things to recently-divorced women.
I won't go into the dirty details, but trust me when I say that my divorce was the saddest and most painful thing that's ever happened to me. What made it worse? The really dumb things that people would say when I told them my husband and I were no longer together.
Kim and Kris aren't the first celeb couple to seek therapy to resolve their marriage woes.
In a last ditch effort to make their marriage seem like it was a real thing, Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries are seeking counseling. Find out the fate of other famous lovers who (supposedly) ended up on the couch.
What is chemistry and how important is it really? Find out here.
How to meet people is a question that is often asked, but what we really want to know is how to meet people we like, connect with, enjoy, and feel good around. Does it really boil down to chemistry? We talk to many people throughout our day ... at the morning coffee shop, on a school playground, at the office ... but who would you like to spend your free time with? Who makes you laugh? Who do you have chemistry with?
I see a great many couples in my private practice. Lately, there seems to be a theme: couples who have been together or married for many years, who have "grown apart." This feeling is usually expressed by one partner, while the other is caught somewhat off-guard, not realizing things have gotten as bad as they are until the unhappy partner suggests a separation, divorce, or counseling. The expression of incredulity on my clients' faces shows that they really don't understand how their partner could be ready to walk out. The unhappy partner, on the other hand, doesn't understand why their mate is so slow to realize how unhappy they have been. How does this happen? How is it that each partner's experience of the relationship is so different?
Most people think of psychotherapy as a process of delving into one's past to find reasons for his or her present unhappiness. While that remains the general idea, there are also ways that therapist can get clues about their patients more quickly. Take tissues for instance. Tissues are considered the tools of the trade in psychology. All psychiatrists, psychologists, counselosr and social workers have them in their offices. In fact, tissues are so widely used that they are often taken for granted.
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