posted: Jun. 04, 2019.

Don’t let your own feelings of anger or sadness get in the way of you being there for your partner.  If your partner or friend seems to be struggling, let them Read more

posted: Jun. 19, 2018.

Neuroscientists have been studying the effects on the brain during prayer or meditation. In physical terms, the area of the brain involved with meditation and prayer turn from red to Read more

posted: May 26, 2018.

With Posttraumatic stress disorder there is good news and bad news.  The bad news is that those diagnosed with this disorder often have trauma in their past.  Did something traumatic Read more

posted: Apr. 23, 2018.

If your children are between the ages of 12 to 18, they are especially vulnerable to those behavioral patterns that quickly lead to the preliminary stages of addiction. This is Read more

posted: Dec. 18, 2017.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is the result of an intense psychological event or prolonged series of events, such as accidents, torture, disasters, criminal assault, the experience of atrocities and combat-related Read more

posted: Dec. 11, 2017.

          For those seeking therapy with situational and  less severe life problems, Person-Centered Therapy can be very helpful. It was used by me on a person, I’ll call Debby, Read more

posted: Nov. 30, 2017.

Epigenetics and PTSD Read more

posted: Nov. 03, 2017.

Self-CareTherapists are often like the shoemaker whose children have ripped shoes: They forget or minimize their own mental, physical and psychological care.Dr. Dan Siegel, the brilliant neuroscientist whose Interpersonal Neurobiology, encapsulated and Read more

posted: Oct. 11, 2017.

Serious trauma is like a category 5 hurricane hitting your life. At whatever point you are in your life when the trauma hits; you and your life become frozen in time. Read more

posted: Oct. 11, 2017.

The other day a therapist asked me about Asperger’s Syndrome and I said to her: “Don’t get me started on Asperger’s and the DSM-5! For those who don’t know, the DSM Read more