Many people are expressing frustration, disbelief, confusion, fear, anxiety and sadness about this latest epidemic. This is perfectly understandable, as we a...

A number of the people I see complain of excess body weight due to over-eating. Sometimes they eat because of their desire to escape emotional pain, boredom,...

Valentine’s Day brings many expectations of giving tangible items to symbolize love, such as chocolate, flowers, champagne, chocolate dipped strawberries, an...

Kids Need Help with Trauma Too! Adults can forget how hard life can be for children and adolescents. We got through our own childhoods as best we could, but...

Have you ever wondered how your physician stays healthy, or how your psychotherapist maintains equanimity in the face of stress? We often take for granted th...

How do you treat your body? Do you treat it in a loving way, or do you see it as something you take for granted? Do you have a loving relationship with it, o...

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For parents of teens with anxiety, here are some do's and don'ts: Do show compassion for the young person. They are basically trapped in a prison of their ow...

How do you treat your body? Do you treat it in a loving way, or do you see it as something you take for granted? Do you have a loving relationship with it, o...

Friendship has more beneficial properties than meets the eye. When we think of friendship, we might just think of people with whom we spend time off. The eff...

Spare time is highly coveted by many adults who have regular jobs. We dream of vacations to beautiful places, or engaging in our favorite hobbies, or just re...

Recently I was discussing the idea of forgiveness with a client and found that she resisted the idea, because it seemed like letting the other person off the...

Having a chronic illness or chronic pain has its fair share of disappointing occurrences in life. You may feel discouraged from time to time, and it may be t...

When people feel ill, they may not necessarily think about their spiritual resources at that time. This varies, of course, but most people think of the medic...

We all experience pain from time to time and it’s never a pleasant thing. However, there are some ways that we can make it better or worse for ourselves. One...

It may be hard to believe that judging yourself is the same as judging others, but it's true. When you are criticizing other people, you are criticizing your...

Many people base their self-worth on how they are perceived by others, or at least how they imagine that others perceive them. There are all kinds of measuri...

While conducting the current study that I am working on, I have come across some interesting and helpful websites. These can be helpful for people who are lo...

Like it or not, a lot of our patterns of relating to others are based on what we learned in our families of origin. If we did not have good role models for s...

There’s a lot of confusion about what psychiatrist and what psychologists do. Every week I get at least one call asking if I can prescribe medication and unf...