There is almost no problem I encounter in therapy that is not at least somewhat connected to self-talk—and the right modification in self-talk can help with almost every interpersonal and intrapsychic problem imaginable. Self-talk comprises all...
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Myriad variables impact how a couple or individual shows up in therapy. These include demographic pieces, such as age, race, religion, ethnicity, cultural background, immigration history, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or gender...
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Individual Therapy Bethesda, MD Often, and very often recently, my blog entries identify a general problem and either offer a new way of thinking about that problem or recommend a specific course of action to solve it. Those are well-intended...
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Individual Counseling Therapy Bethesda MD The holidays are prime moment to operationalize all the self-care and self-esteem you have been diligently and painstakingly learning and practicing and re-learning and revising since the year began—and...
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Couples Counseling Therapy Bethesda MD When I first started studying therapy, I learned that therapists talk about their clients’ experiences in terms of three basic categories: thoughts, feelings (also known as emotions), and behaviors. These...
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Individual Therapy Bethesda, MD How do you deal with it when someone is angry at you? The answer to this question can reveal volumes about how an individual relates to and interacts with others, and how generally successful and satisfying these...
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Family Therapy Bethesda, MD Hungarian-American psychiatrist Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy wrote poignantly about the concept of “invisible loyalties” in family therapy. Invisible loyalties are characteristics and behavior, usually those which...
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Individual Therapy Bethesda MD On June 5, we learned of fashion designer Kate Spade’s death by suicide; less than 72 hours later, on June 8, we learned of chef and writer Anthony Bourdain’s death by suicide. Since that time, many worthwhile...
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Family Therapy Chevy Chase MD WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD [To be fair, the spoilers in question are a decade and a half old, and this show is driven by characters more than plot, so knowing what happens does not actually spoil … Continue...
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Relationship Counseling Wheaton MD Before I became a therapist, I was acutely aware of—and eager to learn more about—the systemic challenges women deal with in their families, communities, and in society. Some of these challenges were already a...
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Individual Therapy Bethesda, MD The month of May evokes a variety of images and meanings. For those in my profession, it holds a special significance as Mental Health Awareness Month, but it is also associated with several somatic illnesses, as...
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