Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) helps couples break negative patterns and reconnect with their partner. This method helps relationships return to its nurturing roots and healthy patterns. The goal is to move a relationship from a place of distress to a place of comfort and trust.
The general wisdom is that the only difference between psychologists and psychiatrists is that psychiatrists can prescribe medication and psychologists cannot. At their core, however, psychiatry and psychology stem from two separate philosophical approaches to life, the hands-on medicine approach, and the more theoretical scientific approach.
Newport Beach, Orange County– What is projection? What does it mean for someone to project his or her feelings onto someone else? Simply put, projection
Although I find this research fascinating and invaluable in understanding the brain of individuals suffering from Bipolar Disorder on a neurological level, the ultimate findings
Childhood trauma and emotional loss is the universal template for many of the ills experienced in adulthood, such as addiction, depression, and even a shorted
Rising to the Challenge For most of us, anxiety can hardly be imagined to be a positive thing- we often are overloaded with work, family,
Nothing brings dread and helplessness into the heart of a toddler’s parent quite like a tantrum: they seem to happen at the most inopportune moments
Newport Beach, Orange County- With the publication of The Ego and The Id (1932), Freud introduced his structural model of the mind consisting of three
In the 1960’s, psychologists began to notice that there were a group of patients that were not well described by current Freudian, Cognitive Behavioral, or
People who suffer from severe schizophrenia have often been considered beyond help when it comes to talk therapy, and it has been a long held
Jennifer DeFrancisco is a experienced licensed psychotherapist serving the city of Newport Beach, as well as the greater Orange County, CA area, including: Costa Mesa, Irvine, Tustin, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Foothill Ranch, Lake Forest, Laguna Beach, Mission Viejo, Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Aliso Viejo, Santa Ana and Corona Del Mar.
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