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 bent over their phones. They appear in fetal position in the subways, they crash into you on the sidewalk and into each other. They...

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...

  A lot of people believe that when other people react they caused it. That some people have the kinds of personality that you can predict how the room will react. Or they look for patterns to support this idea. One thing that I find frustrating is when people come into therapy to ask what is it about them that makes people react the way that they do. Not to burst any bubbles here but most people are thinking about themselves and I have...

Many people experience depression during the winter but does it have to be like this? There are certain steps that we can take to beat off the winter blues. Some that come to mind are things that you do physically like getting rest, exercise and eating right.   It is also important, even if you don’t want to go out in the cold to be social. Though I prefer movies, music a good book! Some people even sit under sun lamps. But you know all of this...

You have a decision to make and you are frozen.  It feels too high and it feels too far and what if you were to fail.  So you choose a different kind of failure.  The wait and see kind.  But it doesn’t feel safe.  Your muscles are tense and your mind is racing. So you stay in an unhappy limbo doing nothing for fear of doing anything.  You even come up with silly superstitious ideas that you will see a sign to let you know what you should do!...