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How to Get a Man to go to Therapy
Your husband drinks more, laughs less, and has lost interest in hobbies and sports. He’s on edge and irritable; he yells at you and the kids. Or maybe your boyfriend constantly checks ... Read More
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“Good Boundaries” – CE Event Presented by Cedar Barstow, MEd
Dear Members and Visitors to GoodTherapy.org, Today a virtual gathering of over 100 GoodTherapy.org members enjoyed the fifth teleconference in our Fall Teleconference Series: Good Boundaries: ... Read More
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Intuition: Getting in Touch with Your Inner Guide
You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself. – Alan Alda I got ... Read More
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Exploring Professional Boundaries for Therapists
“The task is to recognize our interdependence, honor boundaries and differences, and remember connectedness.” —Dyrian Benz “Find the optimum closeness/distance to enable you to ... Read More
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Ready, Steady, Play!
“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.” – C.S. Lewis After my childhood, then teenage years, my ... Read More
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Dusty Miller, EdD, Presents ‘Addictions, Compulsions, and Self-Sabotage’
Dear members and visitors to GoodTherapy.org, Today the GoodTherapy.org team and many members enjoyed the third event in our fall teleconference series, “Addictions, Compulsions, ... Read More
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Psychology of Voting: Why Do We Vote the Way We Do?
People don’t generally want to look at how politics and psychology are joined. But if we don’t, we will miss the seam that allows us to utilize what is happening in our world ... Read More
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The Myths of Therapy
“So, what do you do for a living?” The inevitable question asked at any social gathering. Though typically an innocuous question, I find myself dreading it. This is probably due to ... Read More
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Menopause and Alcohol Abuse
Over the past decade research has found that, for many women, the onset of alcohol abuse coincides with changes in hormone levels—changes that many women are unaware of in the early ... Read More
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When Yelling is a Pattern
Yelling is a topic that has meaning for everyone. All of us have raised our voices, probably more than once. No, I did not come from a home of screaming parents or siblings. However, I ... Read More
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The Internal Storm
“You can outdistance that which is running after you, but you cannot outdistance that which is running inside you.” -African Proverb My soul thirsted for down time, as if it was parched ... Read More
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Adversity is Opportunity
I was in a therapy session the other day when the person I was working with said that he was taught that things had to be easy to be okay. I found myself responding, “It is a privilege ... Read More
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How Do I Feel Like a ‘Real’ Bisexual?
Dear GoodTherapy.org, I’m bisexual. I had a bunch of boyfriends in middle school. My parents joked I was “boy crazy.” But in high school, I started ... Read More
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Research Shows Anxiety-Induced Seizures Can Resemble Epilepsy
Although epilepsy is one of the most common causes of seizures, it’s not the only cause. Extreme emotional states can give rise to seizures. Psychogenic ... Read More
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Vitamin D Deficiency May Increase Risk of Schizophrenia
It’s impossible to neatly separate mental health from physical wellness. Previous research has uncovered myriad connections between health choices ... Read More
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Dog Behaving Badly? It Could Be Jealousy
Anyone who’s ever been endlessly pawed by a dog who’s not getting what it wants knows that dogs experience a range of emotions. Science sometimes ... Read More
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OkCupid Conducts Experiment on Users, and Other News
In the wake of a backlash against Facebook’s recently revealed experiment on users, popular dating site OkCupid has released the results of its own ... Read More