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Since articles without tangible application are boring, let’s get started with a simple quiz. Chose a response to the following scenarios: 1) Your friend/spouse kept you waiting at the restaurant for 30 minutes, before he finally shows up, clearly frazzled and … Continue reading
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Therapists. Admittedly, we tend to be a hippy dippy bunch. Trained to pull from our vast understandings of neurology and human nature, we spend years developing virtually bottomless capacities for empathy. Just kidding. I mean, yes there is a little of that, but it also helps … Continue reading
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Rainbow Brite: Every October since college, I have imagined, just for a night, rolling around in smiles and stripes to become some version of this childhood icon. This year, I finally fulfill my decade-long dream… Adult costume party to attend: Check. Striped Socks … Continue reading
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Kent, a retired army commander, often discussed his marital struggles in therapy: “Doc, get this: Marianne said she needed to take a business trip to Chicago with a male coworker. I did just like you would have told me to do- I calmly asked her not … Continue reading
The DSM V, or the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual -5th Edition,” just came out last year. In this new edition, many new diagnoses were added, changes were made to the criteria of some of the DSM IV disorders, and some diagnoses … Continue reading
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Dear neighbor who recently made the innocent mistake of asking to ride in my car to our mutual destination, I apologize for my deafening and abrupt “NO.” I noticed that my intensity caused you to pause and blink, rightfully bewildered. I’m also sorry if I involuntarily … Continue reading
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‘Tis the season. Every year from about mid-December until the end of February, a familiar theme begins to emerge in therapy sessions: The loneliness and worthlessness of legitimately feeling like no one cares. Of course I hear this from time to time year-round, but “no … Continue reading
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I wish I could say that I coined these brilliant terms, but alas, it was Albert Ellis, the grandfather of Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT). REBT says that an incident occurs (a), and then we have a belief about that incident … Continue reading
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By Angelica Shiels Psy.D. Okay, so anyone who has read my blog or done therapy with me already knows that my favorite “therapy tool,” isn’t really a tool at all; It’s just a simple way of thinking: Validation. What is … Continue reading
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