One of my clients was researching her dysfunctional, emotionally abusive, narcissistic personality disordered ex-boyfriend in hopes of maintaining our agreed upon no contact rule, when she ran across an interesting comment. That the narcissistic male is attracted to emotionally generous women. They can smell them a mile away. They see their generosity as an easy mark. She admitted regretfully that ... Read More »
Category Archives: Self Help
Helping You Change Your World
When you’re alone and life is making you lonely (Petula Clark) you can always try out a new therapy. Check out our Top 10 Best Therapies for 2012: 1) Talk Therapy. Well, duh! 2) Chocolate Therapy. Ben and Jerry’s has a trademarked flavor with this name. Chocolate ice cream with chocolate cookies and swirls of chocolate pudding ice cream. Seriously, the best chocolate ... Read More »
Talk Therapy: A Bridge to Understanding
Recently I saw a man whose drinking had gotten so bad that it was going to cost him his wife and family. After two sessions of straight talk, he’d gotten sober and changed the course of his life. Before therapy he didn’t even realize he had a drinking problem. Then I saw a recent college grad who was so stressed ... Read More »
Peace Train: Thinking About the Good Things to Come
That’s from Cat Stevens of course. So how do you ride the Peace Train? Well, if I was on a desert island and I could only bring one mental health tool to help me keep my sense of peace, it would be this one: don’t get pulled into the drama. Would you like to hear what some of my clients ... Read More »
Change Happens
Embrace it! We humans run the gamut from avoiding change and fleeing from change, to wanting to change but not knowing how to change. As a result our bad habits stick to us like white on Republicans (to quote Stephen Colbert). In therapy, we learn to embrace change. We learn to face ourselves, take an objective look at our strengths ... Read More »