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Category Archives: belongingness
Not New Content– But..
Perhaps a clue as to how to be content… http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/03/20/520803361/is-happiness-a-universal-human-right
Posted in belongingness, change, happiness, hope, Uncategorized
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Seeking Safety– You Are Not Alone
Seeking Safety is a manual driven treatment for PTSD and addiction, developed by Dr. Lisa Najavits. It was originally designed for use with all female groups, but has since been used with a wide variety of different populations. Over … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, behavioral health, belongingness, Emotions, Feelings, group therapy, hope, mental health, Recovery
Tagged Glide Church, Haight Ashbury Free Clinic, PTSD, Trauma
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Four Horsemen of the (relationship) Apocalypse
Some time ago I ran across a thing about Gottman’s (http://www.gottman.com/about-us-2/dr-john-gottman/) predictors of divorce. It was very interesting to me because Dr. Gottman has been doing what he’s doing for a very long time. When I was in school many … Continue reading
Two Days of Terror, Seventy Years of Hope
This is the time of year when I tend to meditate on two dates: August 6, and August 9, 1945. August 6 represents the beginning of the age of atomic warfare– the day that a plutonium bomb was dropped on … Continue reading
Posted in belongingness, change, choices, hope
Tagged anxiety, hiroshima, hope, Nagasaki, nuclear era, work
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Does Facebooking Depress You?
NPR just reported a study on the topic: http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2015/02/04/383775091/does-facebook-cause-depression-depends-on-how-you-use-it I’m still really busy & haven’t had time to work on stuff, but couldn’t pass up passing this one along.
Posted in behavioral health, belongingness, Depression, social media
Tagged Aaron Beck, social media
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Learning How to Argue
Healthy boundaries help, but that’s not all it takes to keep a relationship healthy. You need to be able to fight fair, and you have to be able to argue successfully. There are a lot of possible ways to fight … Continue reading
Spiritual Atheists
If you follow the buzz in certain circles, you’ve been hearing about various psychotherapeutic practitioners getting on board the spirituality bandwagon. This is, in some ways, amusing. Carl Jung was all over the spiritual side of things from the beginning, … Continue reading
I Don’t Want to Always Be Happy…
Long ago, before I ever had an idea to get into my current occupation, I read a folk story in an anthology. It was somewhere around middle school, and the stories were geared at that level– simple and straightforward. I … Continue reading
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Even If You Could Get a Sanity Transplant…
There would be a shortage of donors. I love doing group therapy. The things that groups come up with are so great. I’ll take some time at a later date to write about group therapy and its benefits, but one … Continue reading
Staying Married
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/13/the_9_smartest_marriage_tips_ever/?source=newsletter I would suggest that the article also tells you how to treat someone you’re dating if you think you might want to marry them. The language is somewhat heterosexist, but I think the tips apply, for the most part, … Continue reading