We were finishing a series of sessions and my client had done very well. He accomplished all of his goals concerning an anger issue. Then we talked about how counseling could help a lot of people and that the way counseling went wasn’t what my client had expected.
The compliment… “It wasn’t weird or anything.”
I’ll take [...]

Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Counselors, and Social Workers can all become psychotherapists. But a more important question is do they all operate the same? The quick answer is no, each has their own paradigm.

There is still some stigma associated with seeing a counselor. Taking that first step to ask for help can be difficult, so I am always looking for ways to make that first step easier. It occurred to me the other day that sometimes it is hard to find a place where someone is always on [...]

It has been awhile, but I am still thinking about B. L. Ochman’s post concerning too much email. A computer can receive and store information at a much greater rate than we can process information. To get value from the information stored we still have to do the reception that counts, process the information and [...]

I was unpacking today… I moved to a new apartment on Friday. I ran across several issues of Psychology Today, complements of having my profile listed in Psychology Today Therapist Finder.
I rarely read them. I think it is a good magazine but not my style, I rarely get past the first page. So I was [...]

Attending
Rollo May developed the idea of intentionality in his book Love and Will. The essence of the idea is that we humans are able to pay attention to the things we are interested in. We have an ability to sort through the myriad of sensations we receive and focus on some while ignoring others. What [...]

Love has always been complex and is frequently confusing. Gaining an understanding of love is as relevant today as it was in ancient times. When there seems to be “something missing” in an intimate relationship, love is the place to look.

Several of my clients have gotten into difficult arguments simply by using the word “why.” Sometimes when we want to know what is going on with someone close to us, we start with the “innocent” use of why. For instance: “Why didn’t you call me yesterday?” In the real world, the one we learned about [...]