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 Supportive Psychotherapy. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc., 1993. PSYCHODYNAMIC Chronic sense of emptiness and...

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Here is a list of the 4 main forms of anxiety that too many people suffer with. It is important to recognize anxiety symptoms and get help. Take the anxiety test if you suffer from any of the following: Social Anxiety Disorder SAD, Generalized Anxiety and Panic Attacks Social Anxiety Disorder SAD • Fear that you are being judged • Worrying about embarrassing or humiliating yourself in front of others • Concern that you’ll offend someone •...

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Share Everyone says follow your passion and all kinds of wonderful will follow. But what do you do when you don’t know what your passion is? How do you begin to know yourself better than you do right now? The first difficulty is how you listen to yourself. We have something called intuition. It is a very quiet voice and we usually ignore it because we don’t hear it. Part of it is the way it is communicated. It is often rapid and doesn’t contain...

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Self-esteem or confidence is self-knowledge. How much you know about yourself. Looking at self-esteem, if you feel like you are not enough raises two questions. Have you really taken a good inventory of who you are and what you can do and where do you think you are lacking? How you take Inventory Some people start with a zero sum base. They compare themselves to other people and come up with the idea I am less then. If someone else is...

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The days have shortened and the nights have lengthened. I am about to hibernate with books and net flicks. The colder weather and slower pace turn my attention inwards and I reflect on the year that has passed and the year to come. And you know what I can’t get off the couch!   I’m exhausted!! I’m not crushing it! I’m not killing it. My super powers just hit Kryptonite.   I am in a tail spin!!!   Sound about right? Okay don’t panic you...

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How do I put up with these people how can I approach the people I fear? You first need to go inside yourself and find out the answers to these questions. Where does the dislike come from? What are you basing it on? Is this a gut reaction or have you put some thought into it. I’m going to make some suggestions on how to start liking more people and we are going to take a look at what influences you to dislike them in the first place. Let’s start...

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