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Plato does Anger Management
“There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.” What? You thought I was going to humiliate myself again with a series of pictures or another stream...
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Parenting Teens with Anxiety and Depression
It is normal to see periods of heightened anxiety and depression in teens given all the changes that are going on within and around them. On some level, anxiety can be healthy because it can motivate...
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What are these boundaries that you speak of?
I know, another therapist writing about boundaries. The thought of it makes me nauseous too, so let’s get through this together. We hear a lot about why boundaries are important. I can’t tell you the...
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Good Manners and Mixed Messages
I do not work with young children but being a parent of two young girls has caused me to become more interested and active in researching different aspects of development during this time frame. I...
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Anger in Therapy
Therapy shouldn’t always make you uncomfortable or angry but if you’re in treatment and working on changing long standing patterns of behavior and thinking – always walking out of session with a head...
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Opposite Action to Current Emotion
One of the DBT handouts I frequently use is “Changing Emotions by Acting Opposite to the Current Emotion” (Linehan-“Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder”) which deals...
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And They’re Off!
The pursuit-distance phenomenon is a concept born out of systems theory and is used to describe a pattern that occurs between two individuals who, as a result of emotional fusion, are unable to gain...
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Triangles and Family Systems
“Triangle” is a term out of Bowen Family Systems theory used to describe a phenomenon in family systems whereby a third entity (not always a person) is used to stabilize conflict and distress in a...
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