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Depression Checklist: How Do I Know If I Am Depressed?

Posted by on April 16, 2018 in Depression, Stress, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Depression Checklist: How Do I Know If I Am Depressed?

How Do You Know If You’re Depressed? How do you know if you’re depressed? Depression is one of those illnesses that can be tricky to self-diagnose. For instance, if you’re feeling sad, are you just having a bad day – or week? Is it just a rough time in your life? Or is it depression? If […]

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What is psychotherapy good for?

Posted by on December 28, 2017 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

What is psychotherapy good for?

People don’t create success in their lives because they are going after what other people want. There are forces at work that drive success and failures. This force is often unrecognized  and unidentified.  We go about our daily lives without knowing that they promulgate our lives.    The force is our beliefs.  Our beliefs are […]

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What to do on a first date

Posted by on November 5, 2017 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

What to do on a first date

Like many men and women that come to me they ask where is he/she.  Why haven’t I found them yet? They talk about lack of commitment and catching people in lies. They talk about bad first dates that never lead to a second date.  They dismiss New York City as a place of whining self-involved players.  The […]

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Planning how to crush it

Posted by on November 1, 2017 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Planning how to crush it

How to crush it You hear this all the time be disruptive – just do it- be epic How do you do it?  Crickets.  I’m all for a good cheerleading session when I’m at a game.  But when it comes down to being successful I want practical hands on solutions.   Crushing it is a […]

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Undead Phone Heads

Posted by on October 25, 2017 in Anxiety, Depression, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Undead Phone Heads

There is an epidemic in this country and it is ruining lives.It causes depression, anxiety and loneliness. It’s your phone. That obsessive item that never leaves your hand and more importantly your mind. But there is a way out of the nightmare. First let’s check if your one of the undead. You see them everywhere […]

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Why you shouldn’t have a work wife/husband

Posted by on April 29, 2017 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Why you shouldn’t have a work wife/husband

I met with a client who was continually distracted by the going ons of two colleagues who sat near her. It was daily whisperings, giggles and flirtations. They were a pair referred to affectionately and not so affectionately as Mr. and Mrs. A work wife and a work husband. They were both about the same […]

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How do you know what your ideal job is?

Posted by on April 28, 2017 in Anxiety, Depression, Stress | 0 comments

How do you know what your ideal job is?

What would an ideal job be like? And more importantly what is it? There is a lot of hype out there about finding the ideal job. The current view is you simply must have a driving passion that consumes you. If you don’t have this overarching passion you will be a loser. There are numerous […]

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How to talk to an IMPOSSIBLE person

Posted by on April 14, 2017 in Anxiety, Couples Counseling, Depression | 0 comments

How to talk to an IMPOSSIBLE person

You know the anxious feeling you get when you know that you have to talk to that impossible person in your life? My boss, spouse, mother-in-law best friend sometimes they can be completely impossible! And yet you have to talk to them and it is draining and they never listen. It feels overwhelming and you […]

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What kind of therapy is right for me?

Posted by on December 18, 2016 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

What kind of therapy is right for me?

Ever wonder what kind of therapy would be the best suited to you? The following is a table of client personality traits that guide a therapist in choosing the kind of therapy that would work for the client TYPE OF THERAPY SELECTIVE PATIENT VARIABLES Adapted from: Novalis PN, Rojcewicz SJ, Peele R. Clinical Manual of […]

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Finding Hope when you feel despair

Posted by on December 8, 2016 in Anxiety, Depression, Stress | 0 comments

Finding Hope when you feel despair

People are experiencing a lot of stress, anxiety and depression. Some events are reasonably characterized as “awful” and it doesn’t help to say it’s not so bad when the answer back is a resounding YES! What you need is a place to share it (misery Loves Company).  To begin to solve a problem you need […]

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