Jul 12 2018
…mpulsive decisions. Though there was a time when I believed in the medical practice of psychopharmacological medication, I have since changed my view. We know from research on the placebo effect that these mind-altering, body damaging drugs only work about 30% of the time. This, thanks to the 40 years of research that Dr. Irving Kirsch of Harvard University and Dr. Walter Brown of Brown University have done. Instead of medicating our kids, we need…
Nov 11 2021
…th my clients. However, I did have a situation many years ago when I was a newbie doing this work when I had a truly terrible day. I had a client come in and frankly, it would have been better to reschedule the appointment because I just wasn’t together enough to be able to think at the level that is necessary to do the work. Ever since that time, if I have found myself in a situation where I am not emotionally stable enough to be present for my c…
Aug 12 2014
…emically stabilized on lithium going back to 1990 or so, was that I had a “compelling future,” meaning that I knew that I had things that I wanted to do that were more important to me than allowing my brain to get me “high” on its own. Being one of the lucky ones, when I was ill I spent 6 months of the year naturally “high” with more than enough energy to do anything I wanted or needed to do no matter how physically tired I was. My mind was razor…
Jan 12 2017
…l yourself. For many years I suffered with what is known as Bi-polar 2. I knew that there had to be a way to overcome it regardless of what the psychiatrist had to say about it. And you know what? I did. I found a method of doing so through the use of my own mind. I was also able to rid myself of bronchial asthma using my mind. In that case I needed to be rid of it to stop my clients from being concerned about me. All that coughing was intrusive a…
Oct 07 2021
…ble to better understand why it is that you are fearful of your therapist ‘coming close.’ What is the fear around that notion for you and how do you overcome it so that you can gain closer relationships with friends and loved ones in your own life. Therapy is a place where one learns all these things in a safe place where the learnings are generalized to the client’s/patient’s interactions with all the people with whom they interact every day. So,…
Oct 13 2022
…p programs. There is a difference between getting the support one needs to come through a difficult situation and quite another feeling that one is lost without the support. And, in terms of 12-step programs, I have helped 1,000s of clients over the last 20 years let go of all types of addictions for over a decade and a half so it is doable, but one needs the right tools and techniques along with having open space for the client to actually be abl…
Jul 11 2024
…rams. There is a difference between receiving the support one needs to overcome a difficult situation and feeling completely dependent on that support. And, in terms of 12-step programs, I have helped 1,000s of clients over the last 20 years let go of all types of addictions for over a decade and a half so it is doable, but one needs the right tools and techniques along with having an open space for the client to be able to move on from their addi…