// Tell Me You Love Me is an intriguing TV series. I am writing this initial blog because I am fascinated to see a program where some of the intricacies of therapy and couples struggles are demonstrated to the public as interesting stories. I will post my opinions and ideas about what occurs in the characters […]
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DEPRESSION/ ANXIETY 4-21-08
Depression and anxiety are greatly misunderstood and mistreated. By misunderstood, I mean that traditional medicine, the typical doctor, psychologist or practitioner, views depression as a disease/illness that can be treated with medicine and/or cognitive/behavioral therapy. I am not here to dispute that some sufferers may benefit from these treatments, but I will say […]
//This blog explores Relational Affective Therapy and how what happens in the limbic brain, the emotional center, determines whether therapy is successful. Most therapies are cognitive and are more involved in thinking process and behavioral changes. If therapy does not get below the surface to core emotions, to "implicit", stored emotional memory, and establish an […]
//With all the “speed” in our lives we tend to forget how precious life is. Or maybe we do not forget since we may never have realized how special and wonderful life truly is. When we are caught up in doing, getting things done, staying busy,or accomplishing tasks, we miss out on what is delightful […]
//My view of depression and anxiety are that both are the result of how one manages emotions. Because almost all of us as children were either punished, ignored, shamed, or discounted for our emotions we learned that emotions were off limits and to be avoided at all costs. Because of what exists in our emotional […]
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I am a psychotherapist who specializes in helping couples and individuals increase emotional and sexual intimacy. I have discovered there is not really sexual intimacy without the emotional connection. Limbic resonance is necessary in order to be close and to enjoy the sexual experience with another. Limbic resonance is when each experiences that the other […]
//This Chapter is about a couple who had very little awareness of their internal realities or of how to communicate feelings. In this particular session they were both able to experience core feelings for the first time in their lives and in their relationship. He had had an affair and was oblivious to how this […]
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