psychological advice

The Scientific Approach to Keeping New Year’s Resolutions

Effective tips to help you make a change… I have mixed feelings about New Year’s... >>

Silencing the Troll Inside Your Head

In a recent study, nearly half of Americans surveyed said they’d experienced online harassment or... >>

The Fantasy Bond or Primary Defense

This is the first in a series of blogs describing my theoretical approach known as... >>

Changing Your Sense of Identity

Recently, I wrote about “Living with an Accidental Identity.” I described how painful early experiences,... >>

The Unselfish Art of Prioritizing Yourself

Taking care of ourselves and doing what we love is NOT selfish Most of us... >>

You Don’t Really Know Yourself

Examining the persistence of our negative identity My life’s work has focused on understanding resistance... >>

How to Find a Good Therapist

People seek therapy to get help making an important personal change, by their choice or... >>

Where Our Relationship Patterns Come From

What makes us act and react the way we do when it comes to love?... >>

How to Stop Anxiety

Those of us who struggle with anxiety know how it can undermine us. We feel... >>

Trust Issues: Why Is It So Hard for Some People to Trust?

It is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together.  ... >>