12

Free Therapy No. 4: Aside From the Flaws, We’re Perfect

I mentioned to our mutual benefactor, the generous and lovely Doni, who brings wit, intelligence and humor to our lives, that I was an idiot.  She disagreed, but I’m still not so sure.  Anyway, I have been “away” from my… Continue Reading

7

Free Therapy: Willing to Fail

In the summer of 1980 when I was accepted into the Wright State University School of Professional Psychology (SOPP), I was initially stunned, thrilled and ecstatic, and then incredulous, anxious and terrified.  It was a dream come true but as… Continue Reading

13

Free Therapy 2: Life Lessons

This morning as I write this, I am grateful.  I am grateful to Doni for allowing me to join the News Café team and I am grateful that respondents to my first blog were kind. I am a clinical psychologist. … Continue Reading

9

Free Therapy – Post No. 1: The bad feeling inside

Deep down, many of us often wish we felt “happy” all the time, or at least more often than we do. Who enjoys feeling badly? Most of us long to be at peace and content.

At some level we know this is unrealistic and yet we strive for it. And when we fail, as we invariably do, we not only feel badly; we feel badly about feeling badly.
Continue Reading