Depression can be an extremely painful ailment; typical symptoms are a complete lack of energy, a desire to isolate, avoidance of all previously pleasurable activities, hopelessness, and suicidal thoughts. Who wouldn’t want to treat such a debilitating condition? Well, surprisingly,…
When couples come to me for relationship counseling, I start the process by asking what are the couple’s goals in working with me. The most frequent response to this question is “we’d like to improve our communication”. What this actually…
This week’s post is an excerpt by Rick Hanson, Ph.D. (www.rickhanson.net ), a psychologist who is particularly interested in the intersection of neuroscience and mental health. I feel this piece will be of value to all of my clients, whether…
Even the most confident people in the world deal (or at least have dealt) with insecurity. It’s a uniquely human emotion – related to, but different than, fear or anxiety, insecurity is about SELF doubt. It’s hard to imagine an…
Every now and then I post about a website, article or book that has either inspired or challenged me. Today’s post is about just such a book – a book about moral psychology titled The Righteous Mind, by Jonathan Haidt.…

This is the time of year that gym managers love – people stream through the doors, signing up for annual memberships that will wind up being unused after only a few months, despite sincere resolutions to the contrary. In fact,…
(Pickup up from my last post’s #6): 7) BEWARE PERFECTIONISM! – Remember the old 80/20 rule: 80% of the results you want can be achieved in 20% of the total time allotted. While this is not literally true in every instance,…
One of the greatest causes of distress for most people is the replaying of past conflict, insult, avoidance, embarrassment, abandonment, or other hurts inflicted and transgressions committed by another. Note that I’m using the word replaying. If I were to…
Having run a clinical trials group in the 1990s, I have long been aware of the phenomenon of the placebo effect: how ingesting a sugar pill (or an equivalent neutral substance) with absolutely no scientifically demonstrated efficacy can have a…
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