Cause and Effect When Addressing Grief: Through the Filter of Religiousness and Religiosity - Part O
In my clinical experience, most people who ask for psychotherapy have a history of personal loss or they struggle with working through a...
Suicide and Cultural Incongruity: A Possible Relationship and 5 Preventative Suggestions
The newspaper article on the possible suicide of a meteorologist from a local television station has elicited many questions. The most...
Anxiety Disorder but You Are Hooked On Your Anxiety Medication
Such a pretty spider. The fear of spiders is called Arachnophobia and, if you have a strong fear that interferes with your daily...
One Person's Description of Schizophrenia's Visual Hallucinations
One of the most informative experiences in psychotherapy I have had was working with a person with schizophrenia who possessed an unusual...
Cutting Alcohol: The Less-Than-Obvious Benefit
Almost one year ago, on my birthday to be exact, I decided to eliminate alcohol completely from my weekly diet. I was not a heavy...
On a Desert Island, and Thinking Trees Have Critical Minds
I remember dancing when I was a child of about five-years old. The lack of coordination and spastic moves were the hallmarks of my...
CT Scans and Radiation: On-going Consequences for One Patient
In my past posts, I've described the exposure of one of my patients to the radiation from three CT Scans in the span of one-year and...
Why it is Wise to Invest Time in the Right Things in Childhood
A child's identity development for business does not manifest out of the blue, for the most part. Some very important experiences are...
The "Fortniter" and Learning
Are you a parent who has a child who doesn't get enough sleep even thought he goes to his room at 9 pm? Is your child's teacher...
A Challenge with the Placebo Effect in Psychotherapy
The placebo effect is a treatment or ingested substance that the patient or person believes will make him/her well, when in fact the...
