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1 Important Thing to Know Before Choosing a Therapist

If you are suffering from depression, anxiety, or some other psychological struggle, there is almost always two directions you can go. Whichever path you choose will have profound implications for the general direction your life will take... The Symptom Path: One direction is to stay at the surface and treat the symptoms as if they…

For consumers contemplating seeing a therapist, there are many types of therapy to choose from. One of the most widely practiced forms of therapy, is psychodynamic therapy. But what does psychodynamic therapy really mean? What is Psychodynamic Therapy? Psychodynamic therapy starts from the assumption that people are caught in multiple struggles between opposing demands, impulses,…

Many people who are considering therapy for their psychological difficulties may wonder how effective talking about their problems is really going to be... So let's examine the question: Does therapy really work? What's Wrong with Talk Therapy? The concern about whether or not therapy works, might not be assuaged by reading a recent Time Magazine…

How Psychological Suffering Can Help You Grow Stronger

"The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places" (Ernest Hemingway) Ernest Hemingway spoke of a universal psychological truth, when in A Farewell to Arms, he suggested that you grow stronger in your broken places, much like a wound that heals itself by growing a protective scab. Those who suffer through…

The Causes of Depression: Emotional Inhibition

We live in a society that tells us a story of what depression really is; that wants us to believe that depression is an illness and that it is the result of a broken brain. In a series of articles, which I have called “the causes of depression” I want to tell a different story.…

When we generally think of depression, we think of it as the same phenomenon. People sometimes call it clinical depression, and professionals often call it major depressive disorder. However, depression is not really ONE thing, and there are as many variations of being depressed as there are people who are depressed. Why is that? Because,…

In today’s therapeutic landscape, people have to be aware of multiple competing approaches to dealing with life struggles and emotional pain. Sometimes in the public eye, it would appear that an approach named CBT or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is the only effective choice. That view at least is promoted by many psychiatrists, who in recent…

The Causes of Depression: Attachment Trauma

As a psychologist, a question I often get asked is: What are the causes of depression? The answer to this question is not one you will find in an encyclopedia or the latest research; it is one you will have to find within yourself. Even though the causes of depression are multiple and highly specific…

Although there are some psychological disorders that have a clear biological or genetic component, many if not most are responses to life’s adversities and quite treatable through therapy. What is a Psychological Disorder? A psychological disorder is often not really an illness such as one would define diabetes or multiple sclerosis. Instead it is simply…

Finding Your Way Out of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Are obsessions and compulsions the result of your brain going haywire, or could they have a meaning and a function, which can be addressed through psychological therapies? Although there is some evidence that severe forms of obsessions and compulsions, such as excessive cleaning rituals or time-consuming fears about contaminating others, might best be treated with…

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